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Switching between styles
I have a long list of different styles. Each time I choose a style I have to
scroll through the whole list. Is there any quick way that I can choose a few styles which I use most often and save them in a separate list or create a shortcut for quick reference? Windows XP Office 2003. Thanks. |
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Switching between styles
If you click on "Styles and Formatting" under Format, the Task Pane will show
the recently used Styles at the top of the listing (may not initally when you open the document but will once you start working). This Task Pane can be dragged to somewhere useful, and does not need to be in the "Toolbar area"). Also at the bottom of this Task Pane, the little drop-down gives the option called Custom. This allows you to customise the look of the Style box in the Formatting Toolbar simply by checking or unchecking the appropriate styles in the listing. Hope this helps. Come back if you need more info. DeanH "Josh W" wrote: I have a long list of different styles. Each time I choose a style I have to scroll through the whole list. Is there any quick way that I can choose a few styles which I use most often and save them in a separate list or create a shortcut for quick reference? Windows XP Office 2003. Thanks. |
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Thanks Dean for the clear instructions. It is all clear now.
"DeanH" wrote: If you click on "Styles and Formatting" under Format, the Task Pane will show the recently used Styles at the top of the listing (may not initally when you open the document but will once you start working). This Task Pane can be dragged to somewhere useful, and does not need to be in the "Toolbar area"). Also at the bottom of this Task Pane, the little drop-down gives the option called Custom. This allows you to customise the look of the Style box in the Formatting Toolbar simply by checking or unchecking the appropriate styles in the listing. Hope this helps. Come back if you need more info. DeanH "Josh W" wrote: I have a long list of different styles. Each time I choose a style I have to scroll through the whole list. Is there any quick way that I can choose a few styles which I use most often and save them in a separate list or create a shortcut for quick reference? Windows XP Office 2003. Thanks. |
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You are most welcome.
DeanH "Josh W" wrote: Thanks Dean for the clear instructions. It is all clear now. "DeanH" wrote: If you click on "Styles and Formatting" under Format, the Task Pane will show the recently used Styles at the top of the listing (may not initally when you open the document but will once you start working). This Task Pane can be dragged to somewhere useful, and does not need to be in the "Toolbar area"). Also at the bottom of this Task Pane, the little drop-down gives the option called Custom. This allows you to customise the look of the Style box in the Formatting Toolbar simply by checking or unchecking the appropriate styles in the listing. Hope this helps. Come back if you need more info. DeanH "Josh W" wrote: I have a long list of different styles. Each time I choose a style I have to scroll through the whole list. Is there any quick way that I can choose a few styles which I use most often and save them in a separate list or create a shortcut for quick reference? Windows XP Office 2003. Thanks. |
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Switching between styles
The problem with the task pane is that the style currently in use is not
highlighted, which I find disorienting. If you find that, even after controlling style visibility, you're not satisfied with the task pane, you can create a custom toolbar with buttons for just the styles you're using frequently. Or you can assign keyboard shortcuts for them. Both these operations are done in the Tools | Customize dialog. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Josh W" wrote in message ... Thanks Dean for the clear instructions. It is all clear now. "DeanH" wrote: If you click on "Styles and Formatting" under Format, the Task Pane will show the recently used Styles at the top of the listing (may not initally when you open the document but will once you start working). This Task Pane can be dragged to somewhere useful, and does not need to be in the "Toolbar area"). Also at the bottom of this Task Pane, the little drop-down gives the option called Custom. This allows you to customise the look of the Style box in the Formatting Toolbar simply by checking or unchecking the appropriate styles in the listing. Hope this helps. Come back if you need more info. DeanH "Josh W" wrote: I have a long list of different styles. Each time I choose a style I have to scroll through the whole list. Is there any quick way that I can choose a few styles which I use most often and save them in a separate list or create a shortcut for quick reference? Windows XP Office 2003. Thanks. |
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Switching between styles
But, Suzanne, in the top white window of the task pane the current style
shows? Also, in the style box the current style is highlighted by a blue border (although you do have to scroll down to find it). "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The problem with the task pane is that the style currently in use is not highlighted, which I find disorienting. If you find that, even after controlling style visibility, you're not satisfied with the task pane, you can create a custom toolbar with buttons for just the styles you're using frequently. Or you can assign keyboard shortcuts for them. Both these operations are done in the Tools | Customize dialog. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Josh W" wrote in message ... Thanks Dean for the clear instructions. It is all clear now. "DeanH" wrote: If you click on "Styles and Formatting" under Format, the Task Pane will show the recently used Styles at the top of the listing (may not initally when you open the document but will once you start working). This Task Pane can be dragged to somewhere useful, and does not need to be in the "Toolbar area"). Also at the bottom of this Task Pane, the little drop-down gives the option called Custom. This allows you to customise the look of the Style box in the Formatting Toolbar simply by checking or unchecking the appropriate styles in the listing. Hope this helps. Come back if you need more info. DeanH "Josh W" wrote: I have a long list of different styles. Each time I choose a style I have to scroll through the whole list. Is there any quick way that I can choose a few styles which I use most often and save them in a separate list or create a shortcut for quick reference? Windows XP Office 2003. Thanks. |
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Yes, you're right: the style *is* highlighted, but the task pane doesn't
scroll to the position of the style (as the Styles dropdown does). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Josh W" wrote in message news But, Suzanne, in the top white window of the task pane the current style shows? Also, in the style box the current style is highlighted by a blue border (although you do have to scroll down to find it). "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The problem with the task pane is that the style currently in use is not highlighted, which I find disorienting. If you find that, even after controlling style visibility, you're not satisfied with the task pane, you can create a custom toolbar with buttons for just the styles you're using frequently. Or you can assign keyboard shortcuts for them. Both these operations are done in the Tools | Customize dialog. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Josh W" wrote in message ... Thanks Dean for the clear instructions. It is all clear now. "DeanH" wrote: If you click on "Styles and Formatting" under Format, the Task Pane will show the recently used Styles at the top of the listing (may not initally when you open the document but will once you start working). This Task Pane can be dragged to somewhere useful, and does not need to be in the "Toolbar area"). Also at the bottom of this Task Pane, the little drop-down gives the option called Custom. This allows you to customise the look of the Style box in the Formatting Toolbar simply by checking or unchecking the appropriate styles in the listing. Hope this helps. Come back if you need more info. DeanH "Josh W" wrote: I have a long list of different styles. Each time I choose a style I have to scroll through the whole list. Is there any quick way that I can choose a few styles which I use most often and save them in a separate list or create a shortcut for quick reference? Windows XP Office 2003. Thanks. |
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Yes, you're right: the style *is* highlighted, but the task pane doesn't scroll to the position of the style (as the Styles dropdown does). Well, it didn't need to in Word 2003 since it had the extra field at the top? It was high on my wish list for 2007, after the field was removed. But allegedly it "irritated" users in early Betas when the list kept scrolling up and down as they moved through the document, so allegedly they removed the scrolling due to customer feedback... Sonds kind of lame, considering the lack of scrolling now defeats most of the purpose of the styles pane. It seems pretty unusable, if you haven't added the old styles dropdown to your QAT. I've added a macro for toggling format scanning too: Options.FormatScanning = Not Options.FormatScanning .... and use that dozens or hundreds of times daily to work either with the styles only, or see manual formatting. Regards, Klaus |
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