How to transfer styles between documents in Microsoft Word For Mac?

Add to template would be unchecked next time, unless you check it again.

This is something to check if you wish when you modify the style. You can go back and check it later, too. It never stays checked.

Adding it to the template does not change anything but the template.

New documents created later from that template will use the style, not existing documents.

What is the relationship between a Microsoft Word document and its template?

To copy styles from one document to the other, use the Organizer.

According to Word guru John Korchok, one way to access the Organizer on versions of Word for the Mac is:

1. Choose Tools>Templates and Add-ins.

2. Click on the Organizer button.

This is similar to the methods in Windows.

Here is my page on Templates in Microsoft Word.

Here is my page on Understanding Styles in Microsoft Word.

You can set a document to automatically update styles from the template upon opening. This is usually a bad idea, though. What happens when I send my document to someone else? Will Word mess up my formatting?

I'm not sure I'm clear on the main issue... It seems as though you are expecting the newly created style to be immediately available in documents which existed before the style was created. If so, that simply isn't going to happen. It will be available in any new documents you create after saving it.

You can use Organizer to copy a style from one document or template to another.

As for the 2nd point, the box isn't checked because the style already has been added to the Normal.dotm template.

The default is to create a Paragraph Style. Re the last issue, the font attributes are captured only if they have been applied to all content in the paragraph being used as the model.