Applying new Style to all docs

I have Office 2003. I changed the Style so comment
references dont appear in all new docs. This works fine
as no initials appear after comments I insert now.

However all my documents made in office 2000 display the
comment initials. The style I applied does not seem to
work with pre-existing documents.

How do I fix this so no initials appear on any comments I
insert?

Thanks in advance. Jeremy

Shauna
Mon Jun 14 04:37:23 CDT 2004

Hi Jeremy

What steps did you follow in Word 2003 to achieve what you want?

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"Jeremy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1ba3701c450ef$9c6cd340$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> I have Office 2003. I changed the Style so comment
> references dont appear in all new docs. This works fine
> as no initials appear after comments I insert now.
>
> However all my documents made in office 2000 display the
> comment initials. The style I applied does not seem to
> work with pre-existing documents.
>
> How do I fix this so no initials appear on any comments I
> insert?
>
> Thanks in advance. Jeremy

Cindy
Mon Jun 14 06:24:41 CDT 2004

Hi Jeremy,

> I have Office 2003. I changed the Style so comment
> references dont appear in all new docs. This works fine
> as no initials appear after comments I insert now.
>
> However all my documents made in office 2000 display the
> comment initials. The style I applied does not seem to
> work with pre-existing documents.
>
> How do I fix this so no initials appear on any comments I
> insert?
>
Well, the "simple" way is to go over Tools/Template and
Addins/Organizer, and use the "Styles" tab. Select the style
name from "Normal.dot" (I'm assuming that's where you
changed it) and then click "Copy" to copy it over to the
current document.

A bit fancier would be a macro to do the same, or to simply
change this one property. If you'd like that, try recording
the steps to make the change in a macro.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun
8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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Jeremy
Mon Jun 14 08:09:44 CDT 2004

I did the following as per Newsgroup information (see
below) however it only removes initials from NEW
documents I create. When I open an older document made in
Word 2000 and insert a comment - the initials appear. How
can I stop this as I have 100's of older documents I
continue to use and forward?

Thanks.

- click the "AA" button at the very left of the
Formatting toolbar
- At the bottom of the Styles and Formatting task
pane, choose
"Custom" from the drop down list
- Click the button "Styles"
- Find "Comment Reference" in the list
- Click "Modify"
- Click "Format" and choose "Font"
- activate the "Hidden" checkbox. OK.
- click "Add to template" if you want this in new
documents. OK.
close.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Jeremy
>
>What steps did you follow in Word 2003 to achieve what
you want?
>
>Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
>http://www.shaunakelly.com/word
>
>
>"Jeremy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:1ba3701c450ef$9c6cd340$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> I have Office 2003. I changed the Style so comment
>> references dont appear in all new docs. This works fine
>> as no initials appear after comments I insert now.
>>
>> However all my documents made in office 2000 display
the
>> comment initials. The style I applied does not seem to
>> work with pre-existing documents.
>>
>> How do I fix this so no initials appear on any
comments I
>> insert?
>>
>> Thanks in advance. Jeremy
>
>
>.
>