Special Edition Using WordPerfect Office X3

Chapter 9. Formatting with Styles

by Laura Acklen

In this chapter

A Quick Overview of Styles

Styles Versus Macros Versus QuickWords

Using QuickFormat to Create Styles On-the-Fly

Understanding Styles

Using WordPerfect’s Styles

Creating Custom Styles

Working with Styles from Other Files

Troubleshooting

A Quick Overview of Styles

Most of us begin making our documents look good by using the “brute force” method. If the document needs to be fixed, we just add a formatting code here or there until it approximates what we’re looking for. Unfortunately, if you have to create that kind of document again, you’ll spend lots of time trying to duplicate the steps you took, and often you don’t really end up with the same results.

Suppose, for example, you ...