You've been asked
to develop a long document which contains several headings and
subheadings. Because your boss keeps changing his/her mind
about the style of the document, you wonder if you are ever going to
be completely done. Never fear - Word styles to the rescue!
What
is a style?
Styles define the
attributes of your text characters and/or paragraph settings.
You can essentially save desired attributes - like fonts and
paragraph alignment - with a specific name in a document, and choose
that style name from the Style box located on your formatting
toolbar when it is needed. This not only saves you the time it
would take to format individually, but also guarantees consistency
in your document. When you define a particular style and use
it in several places in your document, formatting changes can be
made quickly to all areas using that style by simply redefining the
style's attributes. Word applies any changes you make to the
style's attributes to all parts of the document using that
particular style.
Default
Styles
The default in Word
is that all new documents use the "Normal" template.
The Normal template has a few predefined styles that you can use, or
you can create your own. The default styles are illustrated in
the graphic below. To use these, simply place your insertion
point, choose the style from the Style box, and type your text.
Creating
(Defining) a Style by Example
When you create
your own styles for a document, those styles show up in the same Style
box. Styles are so easy to create that you will sometimes
wonder what you did without them!
1. Enter your
text with all the formatting you want the style to contain. In
the example below, I've used the Verdana font, size 18, bold
typeface, and have centered the paragraph for the main title at the
top of a page.
2. Select the
text, and type a title for your style in the Style
box, as shown below. You need not worry about a style name
already being present - that style name will remain saved in the
list even if you type over it. In this case, I've chosen to
call it "Main Title".
3. Press Enter.
Word defines the style and includes it in the styles list.
That's it!
You have just created your own style. Word saves all
attributes associated with the style - including paragraph settings
like indentation, line spacing, and alignment. To use the style, you
can either select text already typed and choose the style name from
the Style
box, or choose the style name first before entering the text.
Let's continue with
learning about the New Style
dialog box and exploring how to modify and delete styles...
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