Later, when you exit Word, if you are prompted to save the Normal template, choose to do so (the default setting in Word is to save the changes without asking you).

Clear both the options under 'Select how built-in style names are shown.' Select 'New documents based on this template' and click OK. Plot stamp settings allow you to place a time and date stamp in the corner of every plot you create. The corner of the paper however is always in the same place, so I recommend that you set it to this. Select 'Recommended' and choose a sort order. The plot-able area is liable to change when you change printers, so it’s not an intuitive guide. Then display the Styles Pane Options dialog box. Select 'New documents based on this template' and then click OK. Tab to choose which paragraph and character styles you want displayed. In the Styles pane, click the Manage Styles icon to display the Manage Styles dialog box. I agree that it is confusing, and you are quite right: the interface with regards to styles need improving in Word.Īs I wrote in my previous reply, you can customize the default settings to suit your needs. Create a new, blank document, for example by pressing Ctrl+N. If I remember correctly, excluding list styles and table styles from the Styles pane was an attempt to make the pane less cluttered. My ear tickles when I think microsoft ignores 'solved cases', and this topic should not be ignored, as there is a feature I'm questioning here. I'm sorry for that, but will not mark your helpful answer as a Solution. But I've seen cases all around of the same problem. I took care when filtering the styles not to display styles not in use.Įdit: I had to install a language pack, which resetted the interface, and also removed those two persistent styles from the blank files. CTB files contain color dependent plot style tables, STB files contain named plot. If the plot style table is attached to a Paperspace or the Modelspace, a change of a plot style affects any object that uses that plot style. Now they sticks on every blank file I start, just like a template ! Plot Style Files (CTB/STB) CTB and STB files store plot styles used by AutoCAD and BricsCAD for printing and plotting. I did never use those two styles in this document, neither on any other I remember. I can see by your explanation that it's not difficult to apply this different kind of style, but Why are these options not in the same place ?ĭoes Microsoft at least explain their unilaterally decided 'feature design' ?

Autocad plot style table not showing