Styles - Notes to read and write

Create, modify, update and apply consistent styles

Create styles in a document
1. Locate the Styles section and then click on the lower drop-down menu button for
the Styles section.
     The list of defined styles will expand. Click on the option to Create a Style. This
opens the Create New Style from Formatting window. Enter a Name.
2. To view or edit the details of the style you can use Modify... to open this window.
This shows the style name and all the details of the changes we made to the style.
Apply styles consistently in a document
1. In the styles group, locate the styles you created and click on the one you wish to
apply to a specific title/paragraph/subtitles/heading/subhead.
Use format painter
If you need to copy formatting (including the styles you have defined) from one part
of a document and apply it to another, you can use the format painter. For example, if
you have just set some text red and emboldened and want to copy that formatting
onto another area of text, this method copies the formatting and the defined style.
Place the cursor within (or highlight) the text you wish to copy the formatting from
and click the left mouse button. Select the Home tab.
In the Clipboard section, click on the Format Painter icon. Move the cursor to the text
that you wish to format. If it is a single word, then click the left mouse button
anywhere within that word. If the area is more than one word, highlight the new text
and the formatting from the original text will be applied to this text. Format painter is
also used to copy styles in spreadsheets and presentations as well as in word
processing.