Brochet is right about templates, but you already will be using one: Normal.dot is the default template and is always there. If your styles are defined in a different template, and they are not automatically reflecting changes you make to the underlying styles, you'll need to follow Brochet's suggestion about turning on that 'Automatically update document styles' checkbox in the Tools | Templates and Add-ins... dialog. You'll need to make sure it is on for each document, so if you find it is not, record a macro to help do it for you.
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by: BrochetPosted on 2005-02-21 at 04:50:57ID: 13362219
You need to be using a Word template (Word template file have the file extension .dot while Word documents have the file extension .doc).
You can tell which template file is being used for a specific document by looking in:
Tools / Template & Add Ins
There is a text field 'Document template' which lists the name of the template used. If a document is created using the 'New Blank Document' button from the standard toolbar then this will default to 'Normal'.
In this dialog box there is also an option 'Automatically update document styles' which if selected will copy the styles from the template into the document each time the document is opened.
The best this would be to create a new template file based on one of your documents. Then attach this template to each of your documents. Once this is set up, if you need to change any of the sytles, change it in the template file then the next time any of your documents are opened the updated styles will be copied across into your document (as long as the option 'Automatically update document style' is selected).