Lesson 29: Applying and Modifying Styles
To learn how, review our article on How to Create a Table of Contents in Microsoft Word. Open our practice document. If you already downloaded our practice document, be sure to download a fresh copy by clicking the link again. On page 1, select the first line of text Shelbyfield Animal Rescue and change the style to Title. Key Takeaways: For Making Your Own MS Word Text Effects We've only scratched the surface of the text effects in Microsoft Word, but you should have a solid knowledge of the Word basics needed for future effects. Here is a list of the main takeaways: When possible, set the paper size as a first step. To apply a fill effect to a page background, select the “Fill Effects” command from the “Page Color” drop-down. The “Fill Effects” dialog box then opens. Use the “Gradient,” “Texture,” “Pattern” or “Picture” tab to create the fill effect to apply to the page background. There are many options available on each tab. Choose the one that best suits your needs. Then click “OK” to apply the chosen fill effect and close the dialog box. Change the Page Color in.
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Introduction
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A 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:
- Select the text you want to format, or place your cursor at the beginning of the line.
- In the Styles group on the Home tab, click the More drop-down arrow.
- Select the desired style from the drop-down menu.
- The text will appear in the selected style.
To apply a style set:
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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.
- From the Design tab, click the More drop-down arrow in the Document Formatting group.
- Choose the desired style set from the drop-down menu.
- The selected style set will be applied to your entire document.
To modify a style:
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- In the Styles group on the Home tab, right-click the style you want to change and select Modify from the drop-down menu.
- A dialog box will appear. Make the desired formattingchanges, such as font style, size, and color. If you want, you can also change the name of the style. Click OK to save your changes.
- The style will be modified.
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:
- Click the arrow in the bottom-right corner of the Styles group.
- The Styles task pane will appear. Select the New Style button at the bottom of the task pane.
- A dialog box will appear. Enter a name for the style, choose the desired text formatting, then click OK.
- The new style will be applied to the currently selected text. It will also appear in the Styles group.
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!
- Open our practice document. If you already downloaded our practice document, be sure to download a fresh copy by clicking the link again.
- On page 1, select the first line of text Shelbyfield Animal Rescue and change the style to Title.
- Select the second line that says August Volunteer Update and change the style to Heading 1.
- Select the third line that says A Message From Your Director and change the style to Heading 2.
- In the Design tab, change the style set to Casual.
- Modify the Normal style so the font is Cambria and the font size is 14 pt.
- When you're finished, the first page of your document should look like this:
- Optional: Modify the Heading 3 style any way you want. You can change the font, font size, color, and more. This heading appears throughout the document, so try to choose formatting that complements the body text.
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Normally, the background of a Word document in Office 2011 for Mac is white, but you can change the background color — and even apply document theme colors to it. You have to use Print Layout view in Word 2011 for Mac for this to work, so if you’re not already in Print Layout view, click the Print Layout view button at the lower-left corner of the document window to switch to it.
When you modify the background in Print Layout view, Word 2011 for Mac can convert it into Notebook Layout view and Publishing Layout view. Three formatting tools are in the Page Background group of the Ribbon’s Layout tab:
- Color: Click to display the color palette. Color formats the background layer that’s furthest to the back.
- Watermark: Above the background layer but still behind the text layer is a layer that you can use if you want to add a watermark. You can choose from two watermark types, Picture and Text.
- Borders: Displays the Page Border tab of the Borders and Shadings dialog. This dialog is a creative person’s playground for customizing borders.
- Setting: Choose from None, Box, Shadow, 3-D, or Custom.
- Custom: Use the Interactive Preview to choose which edge(s) to apply or remove a border.
- Style: Choose a line style for your border.
- Color: Choose a color for your border.
- Width: Specify a width for your border.
- Art: Choose from an enormous variety of artwork.
- Apply To: Choose Whole Document or a section option.
- Options: Displays the Border and Shading options dialog that lets you adjust margin and placement of your border.
- Horizontal Line: Displays an Open dialog that lets you choose a picture of a line to use as your border’s line style.