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I first learned about styles around the Word 3.0 days, was sidetracked in
WorkPerfectLand during the early Office times. In those olden times, you pretty much made up any style names -- keep them logical and so on. Now that Word has "built-in" style names, is it best practice to stick with the built-in names, or otherwise? For example. I have a news release template. Currently I have style names such as: NR Headline NR Subhead NR Text NR Contact etc. Should I have used Heading 1 Heading 2 Normal etc. I like the logic of recognizable names, but I'd like to know what the experts do. Sincerely, Ridge |
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Use the built-in heading styles at least. You can give them additional
names. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Ridge Kennedy" wrote in message ... I first learned about styles around the Word 3.0 days, was sidetracked in WorkPerfectLand during the early Office times. In those olden times, you pretty much made up any style names -- keep them logical and so on. Now that Word has "built-in" style names, is it best practice to stick with the built-in names, or otherwise? For example. I have a news release template. Currently I have style names such as: NR Headline NR Subhead NR Text NR Contact etc. Should I have used Heading 1 Heading 2 Normal etc. I like the logic of recognizable names, but I'd like to know what the experts do. Sincerely, Ridge |
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I usually like to at least start with the built-in styles, especially for
headings (see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...ingStyles.html), but I do add custom styles for purposes that don't seem to be addressed by the built-in ones. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Ridge Kennedy" wrote in message ... I first learned about styles around the Word 3.0 days, was sidetracked in WorkPerfectLand during the early Office times. In those olden times, you pretty much made up any style names -- keep them logical and so on. Now that Word has "built-in" style names, is it best practice to stick with the built-in names, or otherwise? For example. I have a news release template. Currently I have style names such as: NR Headline NR Subhead NR Text NR Contact etc. Should I have used Heading 1 Heading 2 Normal etc. I like the logic of recognizable names, but I'd like to know what the experts do. Sincerely, Ridge |
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For headings and captions, the built-in styles do have some special magic -
see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...ingStyles.html. I would normally avoid using Normal style directly (and would modify only its basic font characteristics), since so many other built-in styles are "based on" it. Otherwise, the choice is usually down to personal taste, though if you need to share text across documents (particularly import from existing documents) that might influence your naming scheme. You might want to look at: http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...esCascade.html http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...xtChanges.html -- Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org "Ridge Kennedy" wrote in message ... I first learned about styles around the Word 3.0 days, was sidetracked in WorkPerfectLand during the early Office times. In those olden times, you pretty much made up any style names -- keep them logical and so on. Now that Word has "built-in" style names, is it best practice to stick with the built-in names, or otherwise? For example. I have a news release template. Currently I have style names such as: NR Headline NR Subhead NR Text NR Contact etc. Should I have used Heading 1 Heading 2 Normal etc. I like the logic of recognizable names, but I'd like to know what the experts do. Sincerely, Ridge |
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Charles Kenyon said:
Use the built-in heading styles at least. You can give them additional names. I'm not sure exactly what you mean here. Use same style definitions with different names or: Use heading style names verbatum and then add additional names for other styles as needed. Ridge |
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In the Modify | Style dialog, you can type in additional names for the
built-in Headings, so that you can have, for example "Heading 1, h1, Chapter Title," and you can use any of those names to call up the style. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Ridge Kennedy" wrote in message ... Charles Kenyon said: Use the built-in heading styles at least. You can give them additional names. I'm not sure exactly what you mean here. Use same style definitions with different names or: Use heading style names verbatum and then add additional names for other styles as needed. Ridge |
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You can change the defitions of the built-in styles so they match the way
you want your headings to look. When you modify them, you can add names by putting a comma after the name and typing another one. For instance, I add the name h1 to Heading 1. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Ridge Kennedy" wrote in message ... Charles Kenyon said: Use the built-in heading styles at least. You can give them additional names. I'm not sure exactly what you mean here. Use same style definitions with different names or: Use heading style names verbatum and then add additional names for other styles as needed. Ridge |
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Thank you again. You are *extraordinary* resources.
Sincerely, Ridge (still in New Joisey, Exit 145) |
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You are welcome, on behalf of all who helped put those resources together.
One page you may want to look at is http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...ingStyles.html. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Ridge Kennedy" wrote in message ... Thank you again. You are *extraordinary* resources. Sincerely, Ridge (still in New Joisey, Exit 145) |
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