Style Behavior in Master Documents and Subdocuments
If you open a subdocument from within a master document, the subdocument utilizes all the styles stored in the master document's template. If you open it separately and make style changes or apply a different template, your subdocument reflects those style changes as long as you're editing it outside the master document. However, if you save it, open the master document, and reopen the subdocument, you'll find that the master document's styles now take precedence wherever they conflict. If you insert an existing document into a master document, and the existing document is based on a different template, once again the master document's template takes precedence.
If you create a new style within ...
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