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Meron
Meron

Reputation: 453

MS-Word, how can I use a base template to be derived by my on-going templates?

I am using several different Word templates, mainly because of different layouts and structure. I want them all to use a "base-template" that has my several styles. And of course, if I add or update a style - I want all the templates to be updated.
Is there a way for doing this?
I'm using Word (2013 / 2016)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 740

Answers (1)

Dirk Vollmar
Dirk Vollmar

Reputation: 176169

There is no built-in way to directly "inherit" from a template. The best you can do is create a so-called "Style Set" (Word 2013 and newer), save it to a file and place it into the AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Quick Styles folder of your user profile.

Check this tutorial to see how to create a custom style set: How to create and share custom Style Sets and this blog post that explains the difference to themes: Changing your style in the new Word.

However, you can't use it to automatically update existing documents or templates. A style set only is applied to a template or document, i.e. you basically create a copy of everything (and not a reference to the style set). This is to make sure that the document is self-contained and can be shared with people who don't have the style set.

Upvotes: 1

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