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08-15-2012, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by cummins
I am writing a set of instructions which follows an outline format as shown below. None of the standard "Style" formatting options available look very good so I created my own. Two major issues:
1- After creating saving and even creating a template using the new "Styles", when I open a new Word document, the Styles are not consistent with what exists in the original document.
2- If I select all of one particular style, make a modification, realize I don't like it and select the "undo" option, all of my "Styles" Vanish. I wasn't sure how it happened the first time but I figured it out the second time.
At this point, my opinion seems to be that "Styles" are unstable and as such should not be a function of Word until they are stable. Please help me change my mind.
1.0 Section Title
1.1 Task to be accomplished
1.1.1 Detail item1
1.1.2 Detail item 2
2.0 Another Section
2.1 More items
2.1.1 More details.
etc...
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Styles have been at the heart of Word documents for at least fifteen years. Numbering has been faulty for at least that long.
If you are using Word more than 6 hours a month you owe it to yourself to learn to use Styles in Word. Within two months you will more than have recovered any time you spend learning them. If you use Word more than that the savings are much more dramatic. See Understanding Styles in Microsoft Word, Tips for Understanding Styles in Word and Yet Another "Use Styles" Verbal Beating!
Styles are very predictable and well mannered. Unfortunately, they are not simple. They are at the very heart of Word, though.
For numbering, take a look at How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in Word 2007 and Word 2010.
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