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You can also define
a new style without
using a base style.
Word Processing
uses _e default
attributes or the
attributes of.
selected text as the
staring point.
Once you have defined
a style to appear on the
Basic Functions tool bar,
use this button to apply
a style to selected text.
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Changing
styles
l_ To define a new style:
1. Select a paragraph
for which you would like to change the style. Word
Processing
uses the attn'butes
in the selected
(or base) style to define
the
initial
attn'butes
of the new style. (You can also start out with no text
selected,
using
the default
text and paragraph
attributes.)
2. Change
the format
of the paragraph
to your desired
style.
3.
Select
Text Style Sheets
from the Paragraph
menu.
A submenu
appears.
4. Select
Define
New Style from
the submenu.
A dialog
box appears.
•
Description.
Shows
a description
of the selected
style, which
changes
when
you define
text and character
attributes.
The base style
appears
first, then any changes
you have
made
to character
and
paragraph
formatting.
Display
in Tool
Bar Pop-Down
List. Select
whether
the style
appears
in the Tool Bar Pop-down
list on the Basic Functions
tool
bar. By default,
this option
is selected.
Apply
to Selection
Only
(Character
Style).
Select whether
you
want
to apply
the style attributes
to selected
text only or to the entire
paragraph.
Point
Size Relative.
Select
to make
the point
size relative
to the
point
size of the base style. Changing
the point
size in the base style
changes
the point
size in the current
style by the same
amount.
Margins
Relative.
Select
to make
the margins
relative
to the margins
of the base styleT.Changing
the' margins
in the base
style changes
the
margins_in
the current
style by the same
amount.
Leading
Relative.
Select
to make
the leading
(or line spacing)
relative
to the leading
of the base style.
Changing
the leading
in the
base style changes
the leading
in the current
style by the same
amount.
•
Name.
Type
a new style name.
You can use letters, numbers,
and
spaces.
For example,
you could
call a style Chapter
Name.
5.
Click on Define
New Style.
Word Processing
applies
the new style to the
selected
text or paragrapb.
6. Click on Close.
You can change
a style two ways: by changing
its attributes
(text size,
paragraph
spacing,
and so on) or by changing
the attributes
of its base style
(point
size relative,
margins
relative,
and so on).
If the
style serves
as the base
style for other
styles,
changes
can affect those
dependent
styles
as well.
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