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How to stop Styles from changing downloaded documents

HI - I work extensively with Styles in Word to format a series of big documents. So I have done a lot of tweaking to get the right style/format. 

The problem is when I download a document and open it in Word it applies changes to my formatting. Now, I don't know specifically what style or template it is applying, so I want to return my Styles Library to default/empty. Does anyone know how to do that? I can rebuild my library of Styles, but can't correct what seems like arbitrary changes in my documents. If any one can help with this, I would be immensely grateful.

VENTING BELOW

As it stands right now, I would gladly abandon this ridiculous program and find something that behaves in some predictable fashion.

P.S. Why is there not any effective documentation on Word 2013?!

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Assuming you have created a document template that contains your customized styles, you can reattach that template with the "Automatically update document styles" box temporarily checked.
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Last updated October 5, 2021 Views 295 Applies to: