4. Using Templates, Styles, and Themes

What You’ll Do

Create a Template

Open a Template

Change a Template

Apply a Quick Style

Change a Style Set

Create and Modify Styles

Manage Styles

Reveal Formatting Styles

Use the Format Painter

Add Custom Colors

Understand Themes

View and Apply a Theme

Create Theme Colors

Choose Theme Fonts

Choose Theme Effects

Create a Custom Theme

Choose a Custom Theme

Introduction

Word documents are based on templates, which are predesigned and preformatted files that serve as the foundation of the documents. Each template is made up of styles that have common design elements, such as coordinated fonts, sizes, and colors, as well as, page layout designs. Start with a Word template for memos, reports, fax cover pages, ...

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