Word 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. A style is a single command that applies a virtual stew of formatting commands, everything at once. Even better, when you update or change a style, all text formatting with that style applied changes as well. Styles help you save time and make your documents look fabulous.

The Big Style Overview

A style is a collection of text and paragraph formats given a single name and applied to text, just like any other format. When you apply a style, you apply all the formats stored in that style. Update a style, and all ...