11. Formatting Documents with Themes and Templates

A theme or template can give any document an instant formatting makeover, complete with new fonts, colors, and special graphic effects. This chapter shows you how to apply and customize Word’s themes and templates.

If you’ve read (or just flipped through) the last few chapters, you know that Word is a veritable cornucopia of formatting choices. One button after another, devoted to formatting every last detail of your documents. And many Word users—even really experienced ones—spend countless hours doing exactly that: clicking, scrolling, thinking, rubbing their chins, changing their minds, on and on, trying to make a document look just right.

But that’s OK. I spend a lot of my own time noodling ...

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