Word: Formatting and Styles in Depth (365/2019)

1h 21mIntermediate2021-02-10

Authors

Gini von Courter

Teaching computer classes on Microsoft Office for 20+ years

Course details

Learn how to use Word styles to help save time creating consistent and well-designed documents. Instructor Gini von Courter shows how to create, apply, and modify a variety of style types, from paragraph styles to list styles. More advanced topics include generating a dynamic table of contents from styles, using style sets, restricting formatting and document use with styles, using keyboard shortcuts, and much more. Plus, learn how to manage and copy styles between documents using the Organizer.

Topics include:
Explain the best way to create a theme that is very similar to one of the built-in Office themes.
List the views that the Style area is available in.
Identify where the Table Design tab is available.
Identify what department can tell you what the RGB values are for your company’s logo.
Recognize where changes to a style will be automatically applied to if the Automatically Update option of Modify Style is enabled.
Identify the styles that are used to generate the two default tables of contents.

Skills covered

Word ProcessingMicrosoft WordMicrosoft 365Business Software and ToolsMicrosoftDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Format Word documents quickly and efficiently
02 - What you need for this course

1. Get Started with Styles

03 - Themes - The basics
04 - Styles - The basics
05 - Apply and modify styles
06 - Create a new style
07 - Types of styles
08 - View styles and formatting

2. Apply Styles

09 - Three ways to apply styles
10 - Apply table styles
11 - Apply styles to lists
12 - Use styles with find and replace

3. Customize and Use Styles

13 - Style naming conventions - The basics
14 - Create a paragraph style by example
15 - Create a character style
16 - Inheriting properties from another style
17 - Create styles from existing formatting
18 - Modify styles automatically

4. Manage Styles and Style Sets

19 - Save a custom style set
20 - Copy styles to another document or template
21 - Manage styles and style sets

5. Advanced Style Techniques

22 - Generate a table of contents
23 - Restrict formatting to styles

Conclusion

24 - Next steps