Lesson 29: Applying and Modifying Styles Show
/en/word2016/smartart-graphics/content/ IntroductionA style is a predefined combination of font style, color, and size that can be applied to any text in your document. Styles can help your documents achieve a more professional look and feel. You can also use styles to quickly change several things in your document at the same time. Optional: Download our practice document. Watch the video below to learn more about using styles in Word. To apply a style:
To apply a style set:Style sets include a combination of title, heading, and paragraph styles. Style sets allow you to format all elements in your document at once instead of modifying each element separately.
To modify a style:
When you modify a style, you're changing every instance of that style in the document. In the example below, we've modified the Normal style to use a larger font size. Because both paragraphs use the Normal style, they've been updated automatically to use the new size. To create a new style:
You can also use styles to create a table of contents for your document. To learn how, review our article on How to Create a Table of Contents in Microsoft Word. Challenge!
/en/word2016/mail-merge/content/ What should you insert if you want to print one page of a document in landscape orientation while the rest of the document print in portrait?Answer. Have the cursor on the page prior to the page you want to change the print orientation.. On the Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, click on the down arrow by Breaks.. Click on Next Page under Section Breaks.. Why might you choose to apply a document style set to a document instead of applying individual styles?Why might you choose to apply a document style set to a document instead of applying individual styles? Apply a document style set so that you can override the default styles Word provides.
What would you add if you wanted text or a graphic or a shape to appear behind the text on every page of a document?What would you add if you wanted text, or a graphic, or a shape to appear behind the text on every page of a document? Add a watermark to the document.
How would you break a page at a specific location and continue to the next page?On the Page Layout tab, click on Breaks, and then under Section Breaks, click Next Page. This will insert the section break, and text following the section break will begin on a new page. If you want the text to continue on the same page, under Section Breaks, click Continuous.
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