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36         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Using Styles From Another Document or Template</title>
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41<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3145086"><bookmark_value>formatting styles; importing</bookmark_value>
42      <bookmark_value>styles; importing from other files</bookmark_value>
43      <bookmark_value>importing;styles from other files</bookmark_value>
44      <bookmark_value>loading;styles from other files</bookmark_value>
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49      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154491" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="11">You can import styles from another document or template into the current document.</paragraph>
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52            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155910" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="12">Choose <emph>Format - Styles and Formatting</emph> to open the <emph>Styles and Formatting</emph> window.</paragraph>
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54         <listitem>
55            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10703" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click the arrow next to the <emph>New Style from Selection</emph> icon to open the submenu.</paragraph>
56         </listitem>
57         <listitem>
58            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1070B" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Load styles</emph>.</paragraph>
59         </listitem>
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61            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149632" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="15">Use the check boxes at the bottom of the dialog to select the style types that you want to import. To replace styles in the current document that have the same name as the ones you are importing, select <emph>Overwrite</emph>.</paragraph>
62         </listitem>
63         <listitem>
64            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145098" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="16">Do one of the following:</paragraph>
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67      <comment>somehow the following list disappeared, see issue 112471</comment>
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71<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156240" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Click an entry in the <emph>Categories</emph> list, then click the template containing the styles that you want to use in the <emph>Templates</emph> list, and then click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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74<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153377" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Click <emph>From File</emph>, locate the file containing the styles that you want to use, and then click name, and then click <emph>Open</emph>.</paragraph>
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