Using text styles
You can create text styles. Text styles are collections of formatting attributes that you can apply to selected text, paragraphs, or the entire document. Text styles you create are saved with the active document. You can create a QuickStyle for text. QuickStyles are styles created based on the formatting in effect at the cursor location. You can also create a QuickStyle for a paragraph.
Formatting text with styles ensures consistent formatting throughout a document. Whenever you change the formatting in a style, you change the appearance of all text that uses that style.
Styles can be used to automatically mark entries for a table of contents, index, or list. For information about including a table of contents code in a style, see “Marking entries for a table of contents.” For information about including an index code, see “Marking index entries.”
You can save a text style. You can also specify where to save text styles. When you save a text style, you can associate it with a specific template or with the active document only, or you can save it as a separate file. Saving a text style as a separate file is useful if you plan to use the style with a different template or on a different computer.
You can apply a style to text in a document. For a list of text styles, see “Reference: Working with styles.”
You can edit a text style.
You copy a text style to another template. Copying a text style is useful when you want to create a new style that has similar formatting options as an existing style. You can also retrieve a text style. When you retrieve a text style, the style is attached to the active document, allowing you to apply the style to text in the document.
You can also choose which styles are available.
You can delete a text style that you have created but you cannot delete any of the preset styles provided with WordPerfect. When you delete a style, you can delete the style codes only or both the style and formatting codes. For information about codes, see “Using Reveal Codes.”
You can restore a text style to its default appearance. Restoring the style resets it to the way it was when you installed WordPerfect.
To create a text style |  |
|
1.
|
|
Click Format
 Styles. |
|
2.
|
|
Click Create.
|
|
3.
|
|
In the Styles editor dialog box, type a name for the style in the Style name box.
|
|
You can create style names that contain up to 12 characters.
|
|
4.
|
|
Type a description for the style in the Description box.
|
|
5.
|
|
Choose a style from the Type list box.
|
|
6.
|
|
Using the Styles editor toolbar and menu bar, apply any style attributes.
|
|
If you want to define what function the Enter key performs when the style is applied, choose a style from the Enter key inserts style list box.
|
|
If you want to display the codes that take effect when a style ends, enable the Show ‘off codes’ check box.
|
|
You can also
|
|
|
Delete a text style
|
Click Format
Styles, choose a style from the Available styles list, and click Options Delete. |
|
•
|
|
Give each style a unique name; otherwise, when you combine documents that contain a style with the same name, one style is used and the other deleted in the new document.
|
|
•
|
|
The Reveal Codes check box is enabled by default and displays the codes for the style attributes in the Contents box.
|
To create a QuickStyle | |
|
1.
|
|
Select the text or paragraph for which you want to create a QuickStyle.
|
|
2.
|
|
Click Format
Styles. |
|
3.
|
|
Click QuickStyle.
|
|
4.
|
|
In the QuickStyle dialog box, type a name for the style in the Style name box.
|
|
5.
|
|
Type a description for the style in the Description box.
|
|
6.
|
|
Enable one of the following options:
|
|
•
|
Character with automatic update — creates a QuickStyle for characters
|
|
•
|
Paragraph with automatic update — creates a QuickStlye for paragraphs
|
To save a text style | |
|
1.
|
|
Click Format
Styles. |
|
2.
|
|
Click Options
Save as. |
|
3.
|
|
In the Save styles to dialog box, type a filename in the Filename box.
|
|
4.
|
|
In the Style type area, enable one of the following options:
|
|
•
|
Both — includes both the styles you have created and the preset styles provided with WordPerfect
|
|
•
|
User styles — includes only the styles you have created
|
|
•
|
System styles — includes only the preset styles provided with WordPerfect
|
|
5.
|
|
Click Options
Settings. |
|
6.
|
|
In the Save new styles to area, enable one of the following options:
|
|
•
|
Current document — associates the style with the active document
|
|
•
|
Default template — associates the style with the default template
|
|
•
|
Additional objects template — associates the style with an additional objects template
|
To apply a text style | |
|
1.
|
|
Click Format
Styles. |
|
2.
|
|
Choose a style from the Available styles list.
|
|
3.
|
|
Click Insert.
|
|
4.
|
|
Type the text in the document.
|
|
5.
|
|
Press Enter.
|
|
6.
|
|
Press Backspace.
|
To edit a text style | |
|
1.
|
|
Click Format
Styles. |
|
2.
|
|
Choose a style from the Available styles list box.
|
|
3.
|
|
Click Edit.
|
|
4.
|
|
In the Styles editor dialog box use the Styles editor toolbar and menus to apply any style attributes.
|
|
If you want do define what function the Enter key performs when the style is applied, choose a style from the Enter key inserts style list.
|
|
If you want to display the codes that take effect when a style ends, enable the Show ‘off codes’ check box.
|
To copy a text style to another template | |
|
1.
|
|
Click Format
Styles. |
|
2.
|
|
Choose a style from the Available styles list.
|
|
3.
|
|
Click Options
Copy. |
|
4.
|
|
Enable one of the following options:
|
|
•
|
Current document — associates the style with the active document
|
|
•
|
Default template — associates the style with the default template
|
|
•
|
Additional objects template — associates the style with an additional objects template
|
|
•
|
|
If you copy the style to the active document, you must specify a new name for the style.
|
To retrieve or restore a text style | |
|
1.
|
|
Click Format
Styles. |
|
2.
|
|
Click Options
Retrieve. |
|
3.
|
|
Type a filename in the Filename box.
|
|
4.
|
|
In the Style type area, enable one of the following options:
|
|
•
|
Both — retrieves both the styles you have created and the preset styles provided with WordPerfect
|
|
•
|
User styles — retrieves only the styles you have created
|
|
•
|
System styles — retrieves only the preset styles provided with WordPerfect
|
|
You can also
|
|
|
Restore a text style to its default appearance
|
Click Format
Styles, choose a style from the Available styles list, and click Options Reset. |
|
•
|
|
When you retrieve a file, the styles in that file are saved with the active document.
|
|
•
|
|
You can also browse to a file by clicking the Browse
 button. |
To specify available styles | |
|
1.
|
|
Click Format
Styles. |
|
2.
|
|
Click Options
Settings. |
|
3.
|
|
In the Style settings dialog box, enable any of the following check boxes:
|
|
•
|
Styles in current document — displays the styles for features, such as footnotes, hypertext, and tables of contents, that are in the active document
|
|
•
|
Styles in default template — displays styles found in the default template file
|
|
•
|
WordPerfect system styles — displays all styles for features, such as headings, footnotes, hypertext, and tables of contents
|
|
4.
|
|
Enable one of the following options to choose which WordPerfect system styles to include:
|
|
•
|
WordPerfect heading styles — displays only heading styles
|
|
•
|
WordPerfect heading styles and all other system styles (headers, footers, numbering, etc.) — displays heading styles and styles for features such as headers, footers, and comments
|