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How to edit an existing style
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I created my own style and now I want to edit it. How do I do that? It is in Word 2007. Why is Word 2007 such hard work! Angus |
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How to edit an existing style
To "Modify" a style, open the Styles window (either type Ctrl-Alt-
Shift-S, or click the tiny x in the lower right corner of the Styles group on the Home tab), right-click on the name of your style, and choose Modify. Most of the parameters are under "Format" at the lower left. If you don't see your style name, click Options at the lower right and choose Select Styles to Show All Styles. On May 10, 8:55*am, Angus wrote: Hello I created my own style and now I want to edit it. *How do I do that? It is in Word 2007. *Why is Word 2007 such hard work! Angus |
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On May 10, 2:07*pm, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote:
To "Modify" a style, open the Styles window (either type Ctrl-Alt- Shift-S, or click the tiny x in the lower right corner of the Styles group on the Home tab), right-click on the name of your style, and choose Modify. Most of the parameters are under "Format" at the lower left. If you don't see your style name, click Options at the lower right and choose Select Styles to Show All Styles. On May 10, 8:55*am, Angus wrote: Hello I created my own style and now I want to edit it. *How do I do that? It is in Word 2007. *Why is Word 2007 such hard work! Angus I created a list style called Headings which I applied to Heading 1. If I select Headings in the list and click on Modify button a dialog appears which shows properties of Headings 1. So how do I edit my Headings style? I created Headings list style as follows: on the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Multilevel list menu and choose Define New List Style. Angus |
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How to edit an existing style
Ah. a list style is different from a paragraph style, and I've no idea
how they work (or what they do). On May 10, 10:54*am, Angus wrote: On May 10, 2:07*pm, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: To "Modify" a style, open the Styles window (either type Ctrl-Alt- Shift-S, or click the tiny x in the lower right corner of the Styles group on the Home tab), right-click on the name of your style, and choose Modify. Most of the parameters are under "Format" at the lower left. If you don't see your style name, click Options at the lower right and choose Select Styles to Show All Styles. On May 10, 8:55*am, Angus wrote: Hello I created my own style and now I want to edit it. *How do I do that? It is in Word 2007. *Why is Word 2007 such hard work! Angus I created a list style called Headings which I applied to Heading 1. If I select Headings in the list and click on Modify button a dialog appears which shows properties of Headings 1. *So how do I edit my Headings style? I created Headings list style as follows: on the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Multilevel list menu and choose Define New List Style. |
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On Tue, 10 May 2011 07:54:44 -0700 (PDT), Angus wrote:
On May 10, 2:07*pm, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: To "Modify" a style, open the Styles window (either type Ctrl-Alt- Shift-S, or click the tiny x in the lower right corner of the Styles group on the Home tab), right-click on the name of your style, and choose Modify. Most of the parameters are under "Format" at the lower left. If you don't see your style name, click Options at the lower right and choose Select Styles to Show All Styles. On May 10, 8:55*am, Angus wrote: Hello I created my own style and now I want to edit it. *How do I do that? It is in Word 2007. *Why is Word 2007 such hard work! Angus I created a list style called Headings which I applied to Heading 1. If I select Headings in the list and click on Modify button a dialog appears which shows properties of Headings 1. So how do I edit my Headings style? I created Headings list style as follows: on the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Multilevel list menu and choose Define New List Style. Angus For list styles, it's critical to define them correctly from the start. See http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...g20072010.html for instructions. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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On May 11, 3:38*am, Jay Freedman wrote:
On Tue, 10 May 2011 07:54:44 -0700 (PDT), Angus wrote: On May 10, 2:07*pm, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: To "Modify" a style, open the Styles window (either type Ctrl-Alt- Shift-S, or click the tiny x in the lower right corner of the Styles group on the Home tab), right-click on the name of your style, and choose Modify. Most of the parameters are under "Format" at the lower left. If you don't see your style name, click Options at the lower right and choose Select Styles to Show All Styles. On May 10, 8:55*am, Angus wrote: Hello I created my own style and now I want to edit it. *How do I do that? It is in Word 2007. *Why is Word 2007 such hard work! Angus I created a list style called Headings which I applied to Heading 1. If I select Headings in the list and click on Modify button a dialog appears which shows properties of Headings 1. *So how do I edit my Headings style? I created Headings list style as follows: on the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Multilevel list menu and choose Define New List Style. Angus For list styles, it's critical to define them correctly from the start. Seehttp://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/numbering20072010.htmlfor instructions. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP * * * *FAQ:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Thats how I started editing the list style. But the article doesn't explain how to get back to re-edit the list style. I have looked around in Word and it doesn't look obvious how you do so. There must be a way. If anyone knows please reply. Angus |
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You have to return to the original dialog. Despite the fact that the dialogs
are labeled "Define New...," they're used for editing as well. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Angus" wrote in message ... On May 11, 3:38 am, Jay Freedman wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 07:54:44 -0700 (PDT), Angus wrote: On May 10, 2:07 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: To "Modify" a style, open the Styles window (either type Ctrl-Alt- Shift-S, or click the tiny x in the lower right corner of the Styles group on the Home tab), right-click on the name of your style, and choose Modify. Most of the parameters are under "Format" at the lower left. If you don't see your style name, click Options at the lower right and choose Select Styles to Show All Styles. On May 10, 8:55 am, Angus wrote: Hello I created my own style and now I want to edit it. How do I do that? It is in Word 2007. Why is Word 2007 such hard work! Angus I created a list style called Headings which I applied to Heading 1. If I select Headings in the list and click on Modify button a dialog appears which shows properties of Headings 1. So how do I edit my Headings style? I created Headings list style as follows: on the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Multilevel list menu and choose Define New List Style. Angus For list styles, it's critical to define them correctly from the start. Seehttp://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/numbering20072010.htmlfor instructions. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Thats how I started editing the list style. But the article doesn't explain how to get back to re-edit the list style. I have looked around in Word and it doesn't look obvious how you do so. There must be a way. If anyone knows please reply. Angus |
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On May 11, 1:06*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
You have to return to the original dialog. Despite the fact that the dialogs are labeled "Define New...," they're used for editing as well. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "Angus" wrote in message ... On May 11, 3:38 am, Jay Freedman wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 07:54:44 -0700 (PDT), Angus wrote: On May 10, 2:07 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: To "Modify" a style, open the Styles window (either type Ctrl-Alt- Shift-S, or click the tiny x in the lower right corner of the Styles group on the Home tab), right-click on the name of your style, and choose Modify. Most of the parameters are under "Format" at the lower left. If you don't see your style name, click Options at the lower right and choose Select Styles to Show All Styles. On May 10, 8:55 am, Angus wrote: Hello I created my own style and now I want to edit it. How do I do that? It is in Word 2007. Why is Word 2007 such hard work! Angus I created a list style called Headings which I applied to Heading 1. If I select Headings in the list and click on Modify button a dialog appears which shows properties of Headings 1. So how do I edit my Headings style? I created Headings list style as follows: on the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Multilevel list menu and choose Define New List Style. Angus For list styles, it's critical to define them correctly from the start. Seehttp://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/numbering20072010.htmlfor instructions. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Thats how I started editing the list style. *But the article doesn't explain how to get back to re-edit the list style. *I have looked around in Word and it doesn't look obvious how you do so. *There must be a way. *If anyone knows please reply. Angus Nice try... but it doesn't work Eg I click on little down arrow on multi-level list toolbar icon, click on Define new list style... Then what? I entered name Headings - my original name. Then I get "This style name already exists or is reserved for a built in style". I click ok and find I cannot do anything as long as name of style is same as name I created before. Try it yourself and you will see. |
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How to edit an existing style
Locate your list style at Home tab | Multilevel List (under "List Styles"), right-click it and select Modify from the context menu. That should work.
Alternatively, you could edit the style from the Manage Styles dialog box (in the Styles pane, click the Manage Styles button, and look at the Edit tab). Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Angus" wrote in message ... On May 11, 1:06 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You have to return to the original dialog. Despite the fact that the dialogs are labeled "Define New...," they're used for editing as well. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "Angus" wrote in message ... On May 11, 3:38 am, Jay Freedman wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 07:54:44 -0700 (PDT), Angus wrote: On May 10, 2:07 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: To "Modify" a style, open the Styles window (either type Ctrl-Alt- Shift-S, or click the tiny x in the lower right corner of the Styles group on the Home tab), right-click on the name of your style, and choose Modify. Most of the parameters are under "Format" at the lower left. If you don't see your style name, click Options at the lower right and choose Select Styles to Show All Styles. On May 10, 8:55 am, Angus wrote: Hello I created my own style and now I want to edit it. How do I do that? It is in Word 2007. Why is Word 2007 such hard work! Angus I created a list style called Headings which I applied to Heading 1. If I select Headings in the list and click on Modify button a dialog appears which shows properties of Headings 1. So how do I edit my Headings style? I created Headings list style as follows: on the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Multilevel list menu and choose Define New List Style. Angus For list styles, it's critical to define them correctly from the start. Seehttp://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/numbering20072010.htmlfor instructions. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Thats how I started editing the list style. But the article doesn't explain how to get back to re-edit the list style. I have looked around in Word and it doesn't look obvious how you do so. There must be a way. If anyone knows please reply. Angus Nice try... but it doesn't work Eg I click on little down arrow on multi-level list toolbar icon, click on Define new list style... Then what? I entered name Headings - my original name. Then I get "This style name already exists or is reserved for a built in style". I click ok and find I cannot do anything as long as name of style is same as name I created before. Try it yourself and you will see. |
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How to edit an existing style
Because "Define New" cannot be used with list styles.
Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... Locate your list style at Home tab | Multilevel List (under "List Styles"), right-click it and select Modify from the context menu. That should work. Alternatively, you could edit the style from the Manage Styles dialog box (in the Styles pane, click the Manage Styles button, and look at the Edit tab). Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Angus" wrote in message ... On May 11, 1:06 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You have to return to the original dialog. Despite the fact that the dialogs are labeled "Define New...," they're used for editing as well. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "Angus" wrote in message ... On May 11, 3:38 am, Jay Freedman wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 07:54:44 -0700 (PDT), Angus wrote: On May 10, 2:07 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: To "Modify" a style, open the Styles window (either type Ctrl-Alt- Shift-S, or click the tiny x in the lower right corner of the Styles group on the Home tab), right-click on the name of your style, and choose Modify. Most of the parameters are under "Format" at the lower left. If you don't see your style name, click Options at the lower right and choose Select Styles to Show All Styles. On May 10, 8:55 am, Angus wrote: Hello I created my own style and now I want to edit it. How do I do that? It is in Word 2007. Why is Word 2007 such hard work! Angus I created a list style called Headings which I applied to Heading 1. If I select Headings in the list and click on Modify button a dialog appears which shows properties of Headings 1. So how do I edit my Headings style? I created Headings list style as follows: on the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Multilevel list menu and choose Define New List Style. Angus For list styles, it's critical to define them correctly from the start. Seehttp://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/numbering20072010.htmlfor instructions. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Thats how I started editing the list style. But the article doesn't explain how to get back to re-edit the list style. I have looked around in Word and it doesn't look obvious how you do so. There must be a way. If anyone knows please reply. Angus Nice try... but it doesn't work Eg I click on little down arrow on multi-level list toolbar icon, click on Define new list style... Then what? I entered name Headings - my original name. Then I get "This style name already exists or is reserved for a built in style". I click ok and find I cannot do anything as long as name of style is same as name I created before. Try it yourself and you will see. |
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