Word 2016 For Dummies

Chapter 15

Style Formatting

In This Chapter

Understanding styles

Finding where Word hides styles

Applying styles

Removing styles

Creating your own styles

Modifying styles

Assigning a style shortcut key

If all of Word’s formatting commands are ingredients, a style is a recipe. It’s a single command that applies a virtual stew of formatting commands, all at once. Even better, when you update or change a style, all text formatting using that style changes as well. In the end, you save time — and your documents look fabulous.

The Big Style Overview

A style is a collection of text and paragraph formats. These formats are saved as a collection, given a name, and applied to text just like any other format. The difference is that when you apply a style, you’re applying all the formats ...