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This consistency saves time at proofreading and ensures a more professional looking document.
The styles speed up the process of page design, but they also impose consistency on similar types of text. Styles are used in web pages as well as in print. The concept of styles is central to publishing programs, such as FrameMaker. For example, a "resume" template may contain different styles than an "instructions" template. A "template" is a collection of styles for a particular document. Some styles are already created in Microsoft Word, but you can create your own as well. By selecting the style, the writer or editor applies all the directions in just one step. A writer or editor can save all these directions in a named style. "Styles" are collections of instructions for the appearance of type, including typeface, size, and style (bold, italic, roman) margins and vertical spacing indentation and other visual features to distinguish one category of text from another. Otherwise, connect them to the document only. Save styles to the template only if you will use them frequently. The list of available styles could become cluttered. Warning: do not check "add to template." If you add this style to the normal template, it will appear in all documents that you open.
When you close, note how the paragraphs change simply because you redefined the style. Click on italic to cancel it, or select Regular. Highlight "blockquote" in the list of styles to select it. Note how the 6-point spacing between the 2 paragraphs is smaller than the space of "skipping a line." Apply blockquote style to the second and third paragraphs below. You may be able to use the up and down arrows, or you may have to type in the number.ģ.
Styles provide a way to tag a type of text to apply a series of formatting options. This brief exercise requires you first to apply default Microsoft Word styles to an existing text and then to create and modify a new style. Introduction to Styles in Microsoft Word: A Tutorial Goal
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