[wwwho]

I am not sure if I understand what you mean by 'directly'.

In any case, there are a number of ways to your goal.

The most convinient one - IMHO - would be to assign Normal to a paragraph,
then manually format that paragraph as you see fit, then right-click on the
Normal style button in the Styles Gallery and select 'Update Normal to match
selection'.

A more conservative route would be. In the Style Gallery right-click on the
Normal button and select 'Modify ...'. This opens a big dialog box with the
necassary options to modify the style.

Regards

"Mal" wrote:

How do I modify the Normal style directly in Word 07?

mal