In this HowTech tutorial, we’re going to show you how to use styles in Word 2016.
To edit a style, right-click the one you want to edit and click Modify…, as shown below.
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The area highlighted below is the preview box.
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To change and edit various options, click Format and select the option you want to edit.
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For example, we’re going to be giving our style a border.
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Select Box as the border and set the Color and Width to your preference.
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You must then remove the sides of the border except the bottom one as shown below, by clicking the other sides.
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Another feature of styles is that you can insert table of contents with ease. We walk you through this process step-by-step in another tutorial.
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To style text, simply highlight it or place the cursor location in the same line.
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Then click on the style you would like to use.
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If that doesn’t appeal, you can simply click on another style option.
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Another feature of styles is the Navigation Pane. To activate it, go to the View tab and check the box Navigation Pane. It will give you a list of the styles used in the document, clicking one scrolls through the document and lands at that header.
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