You can apply character styles if you want. In most templates the Strong
style is bold and the Emphasis style is italics. I've changed my Ctrl-B and
Ctrl-I shortcuts to implement those character styles (but left the toolbar
buttons alone in case I really do want direct formatting). To turn them off,
I use Ctrl-spacebar.
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"Ridge Kennedy" wrote in message
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I want to use styles properly and as much as possible, per wisdom or Word
experts. I also know that Word does funky things when a user boldfaces or
italicizes a section of text in a paragraph that is formatted using styles,
creating a new StyleName + Bold in a list of styles.
So, in situations where a user wants to boldface a few words for emphasis
or italicize a title, what is best practice? Is there a way to avoiding
direct formatting of text in these situations?
Ridge (in New Joisey)