[Cheryl Flanders]

A quicker way is Ctrl + Shift + S to open the styles dialog box. No
need for the Alt key.

Cheryl

On Sep 10, 7:18*am, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote:
That's the same procedure for modifying a style as in Word2003. A
quicker way to get at the Styles panel is Ctrl-Alt-Shift-S.

On Sep 10, 9:41*am, vhg wrote:

Hi all,
Ok, I've been struggling with the same issue in trying to change the default
document line spacing for Word 2007 & I believe I may have figured something
out - no thanks to microsoft, just trial & error. *If anyone is interested
try the following:

Open a new document.
From the "Home" tab go over to "Styles" & click on the down arrow at the
bottom right corner of that "Styles" box. *
You should see a list of Styles.
If you run your cursor over the "Normal" style you should see a drop down
arrow, click this.
From the next menu, click Modify.
In the next dialogue box make all the changes you'd like to have to your
default document - line spacing, fonts, (you can even change paragraph
settings), etc. *
Before clicking ok, make sure you select "New Documents Based On This
Template".
Then click ok.
From there, just save this document & close it.
When you create a new document, it should have the new settings saved for
your default document.... it worked for me anyway. *
Good luck!!

"busedteach" wrote:
I agree. *Why on earth would they change the default document to space 1.15
anyway. *No one types documents with that kind of spacing. *I am a teacher
and it is annoying to have to explain to each student how to change their
document every time they open it up. *I've had no luck yet figuring out how
to change the templete. Wasting my valuable time I need to planning for class!

"Doug" wrote:

If Microsoft didn't keep changing things around and forcing us to buy their
new products, they wouldn't have enough business. *This is madenning. *They
should write a book on how to make a simple task a major pain-in-the-ass,
because this used to be simple. *What a waste of time!

"JGT" wrote:

OK *now I'm totally confused after reading all the previous post. Recently I
upgraded from Office 2003 to Office 2007 (wow what a pain-in-the-ass change)
and cannot easily find stuff (sorry but IMHO the ribbon is a GIANT step
backwards). I get so tired of clicking on things only to discover what I'm
looking for is not there. In office 2003 I made extensive modifications to
the normal.dot file and now I want these changes in my normal.dotm file. In
2003 I could open a document and merge the template of the open document into
my normal template. Is this possible in 2007? If so how?-

[Peter T. Daniels]

?! In all these years, no one has mentioned that. I've been using the
three buttons since someone mentioned it here. I see from my Word-
generated Keyboard Shortcuts list printed 9/7/05 that the two-button
and not the three-button version is listed.

On Sep 10, 10:26*am, Cheryl Flanders
wrote:
A quicker way is Ctrl + Shift + S to open the styles dialog box. *No
need for the Alt key.

Cheryl

On Sep 10, 7:18*am, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote:



That's the same procedure for modifying a style as in Word2003. A
quicker way to get at the Styles panel is Ctrl-Alt-Shift-S.

[Cheryl Flanders]

Ctrl + Shift + S is the built-in shortcut in Word 97 through 2007.

Cheryl

On Sep 10, 7:45*am, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote:
?! In all these years, no one has mentioned that. I've been using the
three buttons since someone mentioned it here. I see from my Word-
generated Keyboard Shortcuts list printed 9/7/05 that the two-button
and not the three-button version is listed.

On Sep 10, 10:26*am, Cheryl Flanders
wrote:

A quicker way is Ctrl + Shift + S to open the styles dialog box. *No
need for the Alt key.

Cheryl

On Sep 10, 7:18*am, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote:

That's the same procedure for modifying a style as in Word2003. A
quicker way to get at the Styles panel is Ctrl-Alt-Shift-S.

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

But it works differently in Word 2007 than it did in previous versions.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Cheryl Flanders" wrote in message
...
Ctrl + Shift + S is the built-in shortcut in Word 97 through 2007.

Cheryl

On Sep 10, 7:45 am, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote:
?! In all these years, no one has mentioned that. I've been using the
three buttons since someone mentioned it here. I see from my Word-
generated Keyboard Shortcuts list printed 9/7/05 that the two-button
and not the three-button version is listed.

On Sep 10, 10:26 am, Cheryl Flanders
wrote:

A quicker way is Ctrl + Shift + S to open the styles dialog box. No
need for the Alt key.

Cheryl

On Sep 10, 7:18 am, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote:

That's the same procedure for modifying a style as in Word2003. A
quicker way to get at the Styles panel is Ctrl-Alt-Shift-S.

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

But note that the Apply Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+S) doesn't have all the
options of the Styles pane (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S).

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message
...
?! In all these years, no one has mentioned that. I've been using the
three buttons since someone mentioned it here. I see from my Word-
generated Keyboard Shortcuts list printed 9/7/05 that the two-button
and not the three-button version is listed.

On Sep 10, 10:26 am, Cheryl Flanders
wrote:
A quicker way is Ctrl + Shift + S to open the styles dialog box. No
need for the Alt key.

Cheryl

On Sep 10, 7:18 am, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote:



That's the same procedure for modifying a style as in Word2003. A
quicker way to get at the Styles panel is Ctrl-Alt-Shift-S.

[Peter T. Daniels]

I just remembered to check this out -- I don't see the use of the
Apply Styles panel: it seems that it does (some of) the same things as
the Styles and Formatting panel, but with one more click (on the
dropdown in order to select the style you want).

On Sep 10, 1:59*pm, "Stefan Blom"
wrote:
But note that theApplyStylespane (Ctrl+Shift+S) doesn't have all the
options of theStylespane (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S).

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in ...
?! In all these years, no one has mentioned that. I've been using the
three buttons since someone mentioned it here. I see from my Word-
generated Keyboard Shortcuts list printed 9/7/05 that the two-button
and not the three-button version is listed.

On Sep 10, 10:26 am, Cheryl Flanders
wrote:

A quicker way is Ctrl + Shift + S to open thestylesdialog box. No
need for the Alt key.

Cheryl

On Sep 10, 7:18 am, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote:

That's the same procedure for modifying a style as in Word2003. A
quicker way to get at theStylespanel is Ctrl-Alt-Shift-S.-

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

A good thing about the Apply Styles pane is that you can *type* a style
name; Word will autocomplete it and you can then press Enter to apply it.

Note that if you type a nonexisting style name, pressing Enter will create
such a style (as a paragraph style).

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message
...
I just remembered to check this out -- I don't see the use of the
Apply Styles panel: it seems that it does (some of) the same things as
the Styles and Formatting panel, but with one more click (on the
dropdown in order to select the style you want).

On Sep 10, 1:59 pm, "Stefan Blom"
wrote:
But note that theApplyStylespane (Ctrl+Shift+S) doesn't have all the
options of theStylespane (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S).

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in
...
?! In all these years, no one has mentioned that. I've been using the
three buttons since someone mentioned it here. I see from my Word-
generated Keyboard Shortcuts list printed 9/7/05 that the two-button
and not the three-button version is listed.

On Sep 10, 10:26 am, Cheryl Flanders
wrote:

A quicker way is Ctrl + Shift + S to open thestylesdialog box. No
need for the Alt key.

Cheryl

On Sep 10, 7:18 am, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote:

That's the same procedure for modifying a style as in Word2003. A
quicker way to get at theStylespanel is Ctrl-Alt-Shift-S.-

[Peter T. Daniels]

I tried typing a new style name. It created it and applied it to the
paragraph the cursor was in -- but the method doesn't save any
keystrokes over the New Style button on Styles & Formatting, because
you have to choose Modify in order to make it into a different style.

On Sep 14, 8:05*am, "Stefan Blom"
wrote:
A good thing about the Apply Styles pane is that you can *type* a style
name; Word will autocomplete it and you can then press Enter to apply it.

Note that if you type a nonexisting style name, pressing Enter will create
such a style (as a paragraph style).

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in ...
I just remembered to check this out -- I don't see the use of the
Apply Styles panel: it seems that it does (some of) the same things as
the Styles and Formatting panel, but with one more click (on the
dropdown in order to select the style you want).

On Sep 10, 1:59 pm, "Stefan Blom"



wrote:
But note that theApplyStylespane (Ctrl+Shift+S) doesn't have all the
options of theStylespane (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S).

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in
...
?! In all these years, no one has mentioned that. I've been using the
three buttons since someone mentioned it here. I see from my Word-
generated Keyboard Shortcuts list printed 9/7/05 that the two-button
and not the three-button version is listed.

On Sep 10, 10:26 am, Cheryl Flanders
wrote:

A quicker way is Ctrl + Shift + S to open thestylesdialog box. No
need for the Alt key.

Cheryl

On Sep 10, 7:18 am, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote:

That's the same procedure for modifying a style as in Word2003. A
quicker way to get at theStylespanel is Ctrl-Alt-Shift-S.--

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

Actually, if you first apply direct formatting to text, typing a style name
and pressing Enter will incorporate that formatting into the style you are
creating.

Of course, which method you prefer is largely a matter of taste.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message
...
I tried typing a new style name. It created it and applied it to the
paragraph the cursor was in -- but the method doesn't save any
keystrokes over the New Style button on Styles & Formatting, because
you have to choose Modify in order to make it into a different style.

On Sep 14, 8:05 am, "Stefan Blom"
wrote:
A good thing about the Apply Styles pane is that you can *type* a style
name; Word will autocomplete it and you can then press Enter to apply it.

Note that if you type a nonexisting style name, pressing Enter will create
such a style (as a paragraph style).

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in
...
I just remembered to check this out -- I don't see the use of the
Apply Styles panel: it seems that it does (some of) the same things as
the Styles and Formatting panel, but with one more click (on the
dropdown in order to select the style you want).

On Sep 10, 1:59 pm, "Stefan Blom"



wrote:
But note that theApplyStylespane (Ctrl+Shift+S) doesn't have all the
options of theStylespane (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S).

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in
...
?! In all these years, no one has mentioned that. I've been using the
three buttons since someone mentioned it here. I see from my Word-
generated Keyboard Shortcuts list printed 9/7/05 that the two-button
and not the three-button version is listed.

On Sep 10, 10:26 am, Cheryl Flanders
wrote:

A quicker way is Ctrl + Shift + S to open thestylesdialog box. No
need for the Alt key.

Cheryl

On Sep 10, 7:18 am, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote:

That's the same procedure for modifying a style as in Word2003. A
quicker way to get at theStylespanel is Ctrl-Alt-Shift-S.--