#27238
How to Safely Update a Document's Styles from its Template Without Using the Organizer
If you want to update the style definitions of a document with the style definitions in its attached template, you can manually select Tools + Templates and Add-ins, check the box which says 'Automatically update document styles', click OK; and then, because that setting is sticky (and most of the time, undesirable), immediately select Tools + Templates and Add-ins again, deselect the 'Automatically update document styles' box, and click OK.
Rado, Dave, Margaret Aldis, Ian Sharpe and Beth Melton. Word MVP Site, The (2002). Articles>Word Processing>Style Sheets>Microsoft Word
#25876
Introduction to Styles in Microsoft Word 
You can increase your efficiency and at the same time, improve the appearance of your Microsoft® Word documents by using styles.
Unwalla, Mike. TechScribe (2004). Articles>Word Processing>Style Sheets>Microsoft Word
#33613
How to Make the Formatting in Your Document Consistent 
If you've ever worked document with more than one person, then you've likely had to deal with this type of nonsense: Sally likes to emphasize text by making it 13 point and bold, Sam prefers to change the font and italicize it, Billy used Emphasis Style, and on, and on. Because of this, not only do you have to work to make the language in your co-authored document consistent, but you've got to deal with formatting inconsistencies as well.
Microsoft (2008). Articles>Word Processing>Style Sheets>Microsoft Word
#33614
Have you ever wanted to make some text in your document look like other text in your document? Or maybe you made a picture look just right in last week's status report and really don't want to start from scratch on the picture in this week's status report. Either way, this week's tip will save you some time.
Microsoft (2008). Articles>Word Processing>Style Sheets>Microsoft Word
#33617
Styles, Doc Defaults, Style Sets, and Themes
In all previous versions of Word the Document Defaults were hardcoded into Word. That is, you couldn't change them. This means that the way you would change the default properties applied to your documents would either be to change the Styles within the Template used to create the document, or to write a macro that went through all documents and updated the properties defined by the Normal Style (the paragraph Style applied to text by default). In Word 2007, you can certainly still do the former, but should know the following before you do the later: by default, the Normal Style is empty.
Microsoft (2008). Articles>Word Processing>Style Sheets>Microsoft Word
#33618
In Word, a style defines a set of formatting properties that are indirectly applied to characters, paragraphs, list, or tables. Instead of directly applying bold, then 14 point font, and then red to text, you can use a style to indirectly apply these three things in a single click. This is useful because you can quickly and consistently apply rich formatting, and can later change the definition of the style all the text the style is applied will change.
Microsoft (2008). Articles>Word Processing>Style Sheets>Microsoft Word
