I am confused about styles.

I want to make a restaurant menu with
1) the Entree style using one font, size and position.
2) the Price style on the same line as the item name. It will use a
different font and should line up with other prices above and below.
3) the Entree Description style of each item on one or two lines below each
item. This using another font and with a slight indent from the Entree
style.

How do I make the Price style sit on the same line as the Entree style?

You can't have two paragraph styles on the same line, but you could use a
character style for the price. You'll want the entree left-aligned and the
price right-aligned, for which you use a right-aligned tab stop. Give the
Entree Description style a right indent so that it will clear the prices (in
addition to the left indent you mentioned).

Another approach would be to use a two-column borderless table, with the
entree in the left column and the price in the right column in one row and
the entree description in the left column of the row below. You'd need to
set the vertical alignment of the entree-price row to Bottom.

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"SteveK" wrote in message
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I am confused about styles.

I want to make a restaurant menu with
1) the Entree style using one font, size and position.
2) the Price style on the same line as the item name. It will use a
different font and should line up with other prices above and below.
3) the Entree Description style of each item on one or two lines below
each
item. This using another font and with a slight indent from the Entree
style.

How do I make the Price style sit on the same line as the Entree style?

I think I want to try this with the first option:

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
You can't have two paragraph styles on the same line, but you could use a
character style for the price. You'll want the entree left-aligned and the
price right-aligned, for which you use a right-aligned tab stop.

It seems that any price that I put on the Entree format line wants to have
the Entree font formatting. I can't clear the Price's formating to give it
a new Character formatting to give it a differnet size font. -- of course
I can just change the font manually on each price but that defeats the whole
put of styles.

And since the first post I've learned that some of the entree items will
have sub categories that need to have an Entree Cut, description and price
all on the same line. So it becomes even more important that I figure out
how to have three character styles all on one line with consistent
formatting between each text group.

Give the Entree Description style a right indent so that it will clear the
prices (in
addition to the left indent you mentioned).


Another approach would be to use a two-column borderless table, with the
entree in the left column and the price in the right column in one row and
the entree description in the left column of the row below. You'd need to
set the vertical alignment of the entree-price row to Bottom.

I don't think I'm ready for this second approach.

Thanks,
Steve

A character style can override the Default Paragraph Font, but you need to
define the font (and font size) as part of the character style.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

"SteveK" wrote in message
...
I think I want to try this with the first option:

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
You can't have two paragraph styles on the same line, but you could use
a
character style for the price. You'll want the entree left-aligned and
the
price right-aligned, for which you use a right-aligned tab stop.

It seems that any price that I put on the Entree format line wants to have
the Entree font formatting. I can't clear the Price's formating to give
it
a new Character formatting to give it a differnet size font. -- of
course
I can just change the font manually on each price but that defeats the
whole
put of styles.

And since the first post I've learned that some of the entree items will
have sub categories that need to have an Entree Cut, description and price
all on the same line. So it becomes even more important that I figure out
how to have three character styles all on one line with consistent
formatting between each text group.

Give the Entree Description style a right indent so that it will clear
the
prices (in
addition to the left indent you mentioned).


Another approach would be to use a two-column borderless table, with the
entree in the left column and the price in the right column in one row
and
the entree description in the left column of the row below. You'd need
to
set the vertical alignment of the entree-price row to Bottom.

I don't think I'm ready for this second approach.

Thanks,
Steve

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
A character style can override the Default Paragraph Font, but you need to
define the font (and font size) as part of the character style.


I'm finding that I can override the Paragraph style with the Character Style
except that the Bold or not Bold seems to be dependent on the Paragraph
style.

SteveK

Very likely if Bold is part of the character style as well as the paragraph
style, then they will cancel each other out.

--
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.

"SteveK" wrote in message
...

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
A character style can override the Default Paragraph Font, but you need
to
define the font (and font size) as part of the character style.


I'm finding that I can override the Paragraph style with the Character
Style
except that the Bold or not Bold seems to be dependent on the Paragraph
style.

SteveK

Hi, Steve. Having created quite a few menus in Word, I encourage you to use
tables. It works ever-so-much easier.

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"SteveK" wrote in message
...

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
A character style can override the Default Paragraph Font, but you need to
define the font (and font size) as part of the character style.


I'm finding that I can override the Paragraph style with the Character
Style except that the Bold or not Bold seems to be dependent on the
Paragraph style.

SteveK