Character styles can also be used with StyleRef fields. See
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm.
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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
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Character styles can be used to apply character formatting (font,
size, etc.) to part of a paragraph.
Like paragraph styles, character styles help you apply consistent
formatting to text. And of course, modifying a character style
immediately reformats any text where that style is applied.
There are also built-in character styles. For example, apply the
built-in Emphasis character style to format important terms in
italic.
A downside to character styles is that there is no way to "revert to
character style". In other words, there is nothing which corresponds
to Ctrl+SpaceBar (which clears font formatting not in the paragraph
style).
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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
"srd" wrote in message news
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Although I use paragraph styles religiously, I have never used
character
styles. Is there anything to be gained generally by using them, or
do
users invoke them only for special purposes?
Stephen R. Diamond