Work with Styles

Throughout this book, we’ve worked in documents that contain headings and other styles. Later, when we create tables of contents (TOCs), we’ll talk about the importance of those styles, and the order they represent. Word 2008 for Mac has four categories of styles:

  • Paragraph styles. You can use these styles to apply a consistent look to different types of paragraphs, such as headings, body text, captions, quotations, and list paragraphs.

  • Character styles. You can use these styles to change the appearance of selected letters or words.

  • Table styles. Word applies these styles when you create a formatted table. You can apply a different style to change the formatting.

  • List styles. You can use these styles to govern the characteristics ...

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