Question

Hey folks,

simple question. I have a template saved (header and footer with logo etc etc). I have a bunch of really old system manuals that need to be updated, but i can't for the life of me imagine opening each one up and applying the styles, ensuring font remains same , size color etc.

I'm mainly looking at the header and footer... i want to apply the standard footer and header across multiple documents..

Possible?

Kg

Answer 1

From Quickly Formatting Multiple Documents for Word 2007 (I hope that for Excel it may be somewhat similar):

1. Display the Developer tab of the ribbon and then click on the Document Template tool. Word displays the Templates and Add-Ins dialog box. (Click here to see a related figure.)
2. Click on the Attach button. Word displays the Attach Template dialog box, which looks very much like a standard Open dialog box.
3. Use the controls in the dialog box to locate and select the template you want attached to your document.
4. Click on Open. The Attach Template dialog box disappears and the name of the template you selected appears in the Document Template box.
5. Select the Automatically Update Document Styles check box to make sure that the styles in the template are applied to your document.
6. Click on OK.

If you don't see the Developer tab necessary for step 1, then you need to make the tab visible. You do that by clicking the Office button and then clicking the Word Options button. In the resulting Word Options dialog box, the Popular option should be selected at the left. Make sure the Show Developer Tab in Ribbon check box is selected and click OK.

For older versions of Word, please see the above article.

You'll still need to open each document in order to use the above method.