Document.UpdateStyles Method (Word)
Copies all styles from the attached template into the document, overwriting any existing styles in the document that have the same name.
Syntax
expression .UpdateStyles
expression Required. A variable that represents a Document object.
Example
This example copies the styles from the attached template into each open document, and then it closes each document.
For Each aDoc In Documents
aDoc.UpdateStyles
aDoc.Close SaveChanges:=wdSaveChanges
Next aDoc
This example changes the formatting of the Heading 1 style in the template attached to the active document. The UpdateStyles method updates the styles in the active document, including the Heading 1 style.
Set aDoc = ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate.OpenAsDocument
With aDoc.Styles(wdStyleHeading1).Font
.Name = "Arial"
.Bold = False
End With
aDoc.Close SaveChanges:=wdSaveChanges
ActiveDocument.UpdateStyles