Losing Paragraph style when linkind word Docs

Hi
New to InDesign CS5.
My client wants to edit text files so I am trying using the text link function in Indesign, but when I update the Word document I lose all my Paragraph and Text styles that I have applied in Indesign.
Is there a way keep the paragraph and text style when updating linked Word doc files?
Thanks

But don't hold your breath in hoping the client keeps to the set of styles.
In some cases, I've been locking down my Word files so that editorial contributors can only make text edits. It works a treat - except when they want to perform major edits. In those cases, I unlock the file for 'em and give 'em a lecture about how much extra they're going to pay in DTP costs when I have to reflow large parts of the document due to excessive significant changes at the tail end of a translation workflow. That also works quite well.
I'd be a huge fan of InCopy if it were free, or had an install base like that of MS Word. However, since precisely zero of the people who have wanted to be involved in the editorial processes of the projects I handle have ever heard of InCopy, in the entire time since the introduction of InDesign CS, it's a tough sell.

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