Word 2010 - Keeping Templates up to date

[ChrisPr]

I am one of the dangerous ones - Some knowledge, little skill :-)

I have created a template. In the process of creating my documents, I have made minor tweaks/corrections to some of my styles. I want to be sure that my template is up to date with these changes.

My limited understanding of templates is that changes in a document based on that template will not be implemented in the template, only in the document. If this is correct, how should I keep my template up to date?

Assume no knowledge :)

TIA
ChrisPr

[HansV]

If you edit a style in a document based on a template, by default the modifications will be saved with the document only. However, the Modify Style dialog has a radio button "New documents based on this template":

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If you select this radio button, the modifications will be saved in the template as well as in the document.
When you close the document, you'll get two prompts: first to save changes to the document, then to save changes to the template. Make sure you answer Yes to both.