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What version of Word are you using? Mac or Windows?<br />
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I can explain how to do this on Word 2007 or later on a Windows machine!
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What version of Word are you using? Mac or Windows?

I can explain how to do this on Word 2007 or later on a Windows machine!

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This is Windows and Word 2013, thanks.
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Here you go:<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2015/06_w25/918758/Replace-Styles.gif" target="_blank" title="Replace Styles (539 KB)"><img alt="Replace Styles" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 800px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2015/06_w25/800_918758/Replace-Styles.gif" /></a>EDIT:<br />

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You cannot rename default styles, but you can create a new style based on an existing one. I'm not sure if you can generate a table of contents using a style (i.e. H1) based on a Heading style (i.e. Heading 1).<br />
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Please post if you don't understand what I have posted.
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Here you go:Replace Styleshttps://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2015/06_w25/918758/Replace-Styles.gifEDIT:

You cannot rename default styles, but you can create a new style based on an existing one. I'm not sure if you can generate a table of contents using a style (i.e. H1) based on a Heading style (i.e. Heading 1).

Please post if you don't understand what I have posted.

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Ok - I'll go with that but I did actually try that - it seemed awkward - you can't just say &quot;replace all the Heading1 styles with the H1 styles, you have to still use the old styles, but say the Heading 1 style is based on the H1 style, which didn't - when I tried it - necessarily mean it looked like the H1 style, it sort of merged the two...?
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Ok - I'll go with that but I did actually try that - it seemed awkward - you can't just say "replace all the Heading1 styles with the H1 styles, you have to still use the old styles, but say the Heading 1 style is based on the H1 style, which didn't - when I tried it - necessarily mean it looked like the H1 style, it sort of merged the two...?

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If I have a set of styles set in one Word document , how can I apply them to the styles of another Word document? Is there some way to &quot;map&quot; the styles, so for example I could say everywhere the style &quot;Heading 1&quot; is set, I want it to be replaced with style &quot;H1&quot;, everywhere &quot;Heading 2&quot; is used, instead use &quot;H2&quot; and so on?
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If I have a set of styles set in one Word document , how can I apply them to the styles of another Word document? Is there some way to "map" the styles, so for example I could say everywhere the style "Heading 1" is set, I want it to be replaced with style "H1", everywhere "Heading 2" is used, instead use "H2" and so on?

Switching the styles in a Word document

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