[Mal]

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

mal

[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

[Mal]

Thanks for your reply. I may have misled you in the manner that I phrased my
question. Below is the original posting, in which I explained a universal
formatting problem I'm having.

In Office Word 07 (Windows Vista), I cannot find a way to solve a formatting
problem Im having. When I highlight a paragraph to change its style, the
whole document changes to the style I chose for the selected paragraph. Also,
If I change a paragraphs word-font size or color, the whole document changes
according to the style in the selected paragraph.

I opened Microsoft Vistas €œModify Style€� box, but, unlike in Windows XP,
there was no checkbox for €œAutomatically Update€�. I also clicked on the
Office Button and selected €œWord Options€�, and the €œPopular€� on the €œenable
live preview€� was already checked. Furthermore, none of the €œStyles€� box
selections solves the problem.


"wwwho" wrote:

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