Linked stylesĪdding character styles created a new problem.
Line spacing, Left/Right/Center/Justify etc. Things like font, size, color, bold, italic etc are in both character and paragraph styles. A character style could be called ‘Product Name’ to ensure all references to a product or service look consistent.Ĭharacter styles have all the attributes of paragraph styles that are applicable to individual characters. These are styles that can be applied to a word or even a single letter. That was OK but no help if you wanted consistent formatting for words in a paragraph like a product name or just emphasis. Originally there were only Paragraph styles – styles you could apply to an entire paragraph. There are different types of style that can be applied to different parts of a document. Instead of having to apply all those separate formatting options for each main heading, just apply the ‘Heading 1’ style.Įven better, if you decide to change the look of the headings, change the ‘Heading 1’ settings and all the headings with that style will be changed automatically.
So ‘Heading 1’ means Cambria font, 14pt, Bold with a color setting, Left justified, 1.15 line spacing and 24pt line space before the text, plus other settings. What is a Style?Ī style is just a collection of formatting settings under a single name.įor example ‘Heading 1’ has these default values in Word (choose Heading 1 style, right-click and choose ‘Modify Style’. From just one type in the early days of Word, there’s five different style types in modern Microsoft Word. In this article we’ll explain the different types of styles including at least one that sneaked in without many people noticing. They have changed and expanded over the years but the fundamentals are the same. Styles have been around for all of Word’s history. With styles it would have taken a few seconds. He laboriously worked through the document, selecting paragraphs, phrases and even individual words then clicking on the ribbon to change the look. Today I watched an ‘experienced’ Word user reformatting a document.
I know talking about styles in Word makes eyes glaze over but they are a really useful part of Word (plus Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook). Here’s the basics of Styles in Word for paragraph, character or both (Linked) plus Tables and Lists.
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