In this section you will learn how to:

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• In this section you will learn how to
• Apply styles
• Modify and create styles
• Use Click and Type styles
• Use the Format Painter
• Use the styles task pane
• Organize styles
• Display styles in your document
• Copy styles from a template
• Use and customize AutoCorrect
• Insert and customize AutoText
• Insert symbols and special characters
• Insert the date and time
• Use Smart Tags
• Apply a theme to your document

2
Applying Styles

• Select your text and select the style you want to
  apply from the drop-down menu on the formatting
  toolbar.

3
Using the Styles Task Pane

• Enable this task pane by clicking the two As
  next to the style list on the formatting toolbar.

4
Modifying a Style

• Styles are saved in the Styles and Formatting
  pane so that they can be applied later on.
• If we delete the only text that uses a style, the
  style will be deleted as well.

5
Creating a Style

• You can click the New Style button in the styles
  task pane.

6
Creating a Character Style

• Examples of Word-created character styles are
  footnotes and hyperlinks.
• To create a character style, click the New Style
  button in the Styles task pane.

7
Deleting a Style

• You can delete a style by right-clicking it and
  clicking delete from the styles pane.
• This will delete any styles that were based on it.

8
Using Click and Type Styles

• Click and Type are areas of your document that
  Word has already determined formatting for.

9
Organizing Your Styles

• To open the styles organizer, click the Tools
  menu and click Templates and Add-ins.

10
Displaying Styles in a Document

• Click the Tools menu, click Options, and click
  the View tab.

11
Revealing Formatting

• To reveal formatting, click the Format menu and
  click Reveal Formatting, or use the Shift F1
  shortcut.

12
Using AutoFormat as You Type

• Items that Word automatically formats include
  bulleted or numbered lists, headings, borders,
  and fractions.
• Also be accessed by clicking Tools and clicking
  AutoCorrect Options.

13
Using AutoFormat

• Click the Tools menu and click AutoCorrect
  Options.

14
Inserting AutoText

• AutoText is a pre-defined set of text entries
  that will be inserted with specific commands.

15
Customizing AutoText

• Click New on the AutoText toolbar.
• Click the Insert menu, click AutoText, and click
  New.
• Use the Alt F3 shortcut.

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Inserting the Date and Time

• Click the Insert menu and click Date and Time.

17
Inserting a Symbol

• Symbols can be formatted like regular text.
• To insert a symbol, click the Insert menu and
  click Symbol.

18
Inserting Special Characters

• Symbols can be formatted like regular text.
• To insert a symbol, click the Insert menu and
  click Symbol.

19
Using the Format Painter

• Allows you to copy formats between/within
  documents.

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Using Themes

• Themes are often used for Web sites, but they
  can technically be used for any type of document.
  
• A theme can include any or all of the following
  elements
• Backgrounds
• Fonts
• Bullets and numbers
• Hyperlink formatting
• Styles
• Horizontal lines

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Using Smart Tags

• Allows you to perform actions with Word that you
  would normally perform with other applications.
• You can tell when Word has added a smart tag
  because it will have a purple dotted line under
  it.