How to Use Your Word Processor

Creating and Applying Styles

Using your word processor or desktop publishing program, you can create styles—sets of formatting that can be applied to text and objects—to simplify the task of formatting your document.

Creating and Modifying Styles

To create a new style, click on the New Style button in the Styles and Formatting Task Pane. The New Style dialog will appear.

To modify a style, hover your mouse cursor over its name in the Styles and Formatting Task Pane, click on the down arrow that appears, and choose Modify. The Modify Style dialog box will appear.

Applying Styles

To apply styles in Microsoft Word, use the following techniques:

The Toolbar: To format a style using the toolbar, select the text you want to format, then click on the Style list. The list of available styles will open. Click on the style you want to use.

Task Pane: To format a style using the Styles and Formatting task pane, select the text you want to format, then click on the style you want to use in the list displayed in the task pane.