Re: redefine Normal style in Word 2004

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From: Clive Huggan (REMOVETHISoffice_at_ANDTHISstrategists.com.au)
Date: 11/12/04 

Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 10:59:31 +1100

On 12/11/04 5:05 PM, in article
jemcgimpsey-C18708.23050311112004@msnews.microsoft.com, "JE McGimpsey"
<jemcgimpsey@mvps.org> wrote:

> In article <BDB99054.21F5%wjshack@anl.gov>, WJ Shack <wjshack@anl.gov>
> wrote:
>
>> But why did Microsoft change this? Redefine Style has redefined the Normal
>> style since at least Word 5.1. As Mr. Vance points out, this was very
>> convenient. I see absolutely no reason to have changed this.
>
> I suspect to be compatible with WinWord, for which the ability to
> RedefineStyle the Normal style has been gone since Word97 or so.
>
> I'd guess that the original reason was to prevent newbies from getting
> irrevocably lost when their Normal style got modified. That isn't a
> sufficient reason, in my mind, but since I never use the Normal style
> for anything, I'm not particularly affected by it, either.

Jim,

You asked if anyone had a macro. Take a look at the macro in appendix E
(find the heading "Change the font of the Normal (or another) style") of
"Bend Word to Your Will", available as a free download from
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/WordMac/Bend/BendWord.htm

Under that heading I say:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Variants of this macro allow me to change the font of a style. For example,
I use Goudy font in some of my business correspondence, but it doesnąt
display well on the screen. So I type the letter up in Times then change the
font to Goudy via a button.

These macros are easy to change in relation to the style you want to modify
and the font you want to deploy.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The macro does what you want.

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is at least 5 hours different from the US and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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