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Installing and Using the NNELS Template
Note: The instructions below may vary depending on your OS and version of Word. Please share any instructions that work for you!
Download the template
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Put the template file into the Templates folder of Microsoft Word. The location of this folder may differ depending on your operating system and version of Word. See
User Templates File Location below for locating your Templates folder.
Clear the styles from the document
Windows
Open the document that you want to edit in Word;
Go to
Home
and click on the tiny little square in the styles pane;
Click on the third little button on the bottom of the styles pane;
Click on
import/export
You should see 2 columns. One column (on the left) will display all the Styles in your current document.
View Organizer window
Highlight all the styles in the current document (select the first style, and then hold down the shift key as you select the last style) and click Delete
. A few styles are not deletable, we can let them stay there.
Close the Organizer window.
Mac
Open the document that you want to edit in Word
Go to Format
in the main menu bar in Word
Click on Style
Click on Organizer
You should see 2 columns. One column (on the left) will display all the Styles in your current document.
View Organizer window
Highlight all the styles in the current document and select Delete
. A few styles are not deletable, we can let them stay there.
Close the Organizer window.
Import the styles from the NNELS template
NOTE: You will have to load the template for every new document you edit.
Go to Tools
in the main menu bar in Word
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You should see an option to attach a Document Template to the current file. Click Attach
.
Find the NNELS_Styles.dotx
that you put in your Templates folder and attach it.
Check Automatically update document styles
Click OK. This will close the window.
Start applying the NNELS Styles
Open your Styles Pane
Show all the styles
You should see a bunch of new styles that have been imported from the NNELS Template. The styles all have “DAISY” in the Style name, except for the Heading 1-6 styles, Strong, and Emphasis.
View NNELS Styles
Start applying these styles to text in the document! No need to make any modifications to the Styles as they're already set-up. For instructions on applying the styles, see:
NNELS Styles
User Templates File Location
You can discover where your copy of Word stores its templates by looking in the Preferences. Choose Word | Preferences and under Personal Settings choose File Locations. The location is given beside the item User Templates in the list. If the location is abbreviated and you cannot read it properly, click the Modify button and explore the location.
If you use a Mac, you can use spotlight search and search for templates
. The folder should come up in your search.
By default, user templates files are stored in the following location:
In Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates
In Windows Vista or in Windows 7:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates
In Mac (Word for Mac 2016):
/Users/<username>/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/User Content/Templates
Note: You can change the location of user templates files.
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