Documents, Presentations, and Workbooks: Using Microsoft® Office to Create Content That Gets Noticed

Chapter 8. Styles

In this chapter, you will:

• Explore the style environment in Word 2010 and Word for Mac 2011

• Discover best practices for creating effective sets of styles in your documents

• Get tips for working more effectively with paragraph, character, and linked styles

• Discover the benefits of document defaults

• Simplify your work with lists

• Work more easily with table styles

• Learn to manage styles more effectively

Sure, you can create documents in Microsoft Word without making use of styles. You can also go grocery shopping without a basket, travel across town without transportation, or do laundry without detergent. But chances are that you wouldn’t work harder than necessary, spend extra time without added benefit, or embark on a task that’s likely ...