


If, for example, I had a paragraph in style Heading 1 and the text was "The sinking of the Titanic" and I applied Heading 2 to that paragraph, then you'd expect the Titanic to retain its italics. The general rule is that if you apply a paragraph style to a paragraph then direct formatting (like italic) will be retained where it covers less than half the text in the paragraph, and rejected when it covers more than half (Figures 2 and 3).

TOC1 is highlighted with a surrounding square box and a down-arrow button on the right. What happens when you apply a paragraph style to a paragraph that already has direct formatting? To change the format of the first level heading in the Table of content, hover the mouse cursor over the style control TOC1. On top of the paragraph style, you can apply additional formatting, like bold or italics or pink or small caps to the words that need them (Figure 1). Note down the name and you’re ready to create the macro. Hover the mouse cursor over the table style you want to apply to all tables, and a tool tip will tell you what it’s called. Click inside a table and then go to the Design tab on the Table Tools tab. It also stores instructions about font formatting (bold, italics, colour, superscript etc). Open the Word document that you want to change the table styles for. The words "King Lear" have direct italic formatting applied.Įvery paragraph has a paragraph style attached to it, whether you like it or not.Ī paragraph style not only stores instructions about paragraphs (indents, line spacing etc). The new style will be applied to the currently selected text. Enter a name for the style, choose the desired text formatting, then click OK. Select the New Style button at the bottom of the task pane. Figure 1: The paragraph style applied to this text has the font defined as Times New Roman, 11pt, not bold and not italics. Click the arrow in the bottom-right corner of the Styles group.
