Chapter 15. Mastering Styles and Templates

In this chapter

Moving Beyond Manual Formatting 448

Using Styles and Templates to Manage Formats 448

Formatting Documents with Styles 451

Saving Formats as Named Styles 457

Customizing the Normal Document Template 459

Using Word’s Built-In Templates 461

Changing Document Formats Globally 462

Managing Styles and Templates 465

Troubleshooting 468

Extra Credit: Styles and Manually Applied Formatting 469

Moving Beyond Manual Formatting

Most Word users work too hard. They start with a set of boring default formats for every new document and then manually adjust those formats for every document. Manual formatting works, but at a high price in time and inconsistency. Doing the same work over and over again ...

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