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When you create a style in a document, it is available only within that document. Styles always stay with a document. So, for example, if you e-mail a document to another person, the styles go with it.

Having created a style, you may want to transfer the style to another document. You can copy or move styles from one template or document to another in two ways:

* [[#Using the Template Management dialog box|Using the Template Management dialog box]].
* [[#Loading styles from a template or document|Loading styles from a template or document]].

== Using the Template Management dialog box ==
To copy or move styles using the Template Management dialog:
<ol>
<li>Click '''File > Templates > Organize'''.</li>
<li>At the bottom of the Template Management dialog box, choose either '''Templates''' or '''Documents''', as needed. For example, if you are copying styles between two documents, both entries should say Documents.</li>
[[Image:StylesTemplMgt.png|Template Management dialog]]<br>Choosing to copy styles from a document, not a template.

<li>To load styles from a file, click the '''File''' button. When you return to this window, both lists show the selected file as well as all the currently open documents.</li>
<li>Double-click on the name of the template or document, and then double-click the '''Styles''' icon to show the list of individual styles.</li>
[[Image:StylesTemplMgt2.png|Copying a style]]<br>Copying a style from one document to another.

<li>To ''copy'' a style, hold down the ''Control'' key and drag the name of the style from one list to the other.</li>

{{Documentation/Caution|If you do not hold down the ''Control'' key when dragging, the style will be moved from one list to the other.  The style will be deleted from the list you are dragging it from.}}

<li>Repeat for each style you want to copy or move. When you are finished, click '''Close'''.</li>
</ol>

== Loading styles from a template or document ==
{{:Loading styles from a template or document}}

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