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Note: The instructions below may vary depending on your OS and version of Word. Please share any instructions that work for you!
Format
in the main menu bar in WordStyle
Organizer
Delete
. A few styles are not deletable, we can let them stay there.Tools
in the main menu bar in WordTemplates and Add-ins…
View Templates and Addins windowAttach
.NNELS_Styles.dotx
that you put in your Templates folder and attach it.Automatically update document styles
To avoid having to attach the NNELS Template to your file each time you edit a document, we can copy over all the NNELS Styles to the Normal.dotm
template in Word (that's Word's default template). In this way, every time you open Word, the NNELS Styles will be available in your Styles Pane.
Format
> Style
> Organizer
Normal.dotm
template are in the other column (on the right). See Style Organizer view.Copy
Normal.dotm
template contains all the NNELS StylesTemplates are saved in a folder in your profile directory. The folders that are under your profile contain your configuration preferences and options. These folders contain everything that is needed for a roaming user profile.
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.
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.