Home Ribbon Review: Styles Group
Editors confirm that using Styles is an essential Word skill in today’s publishing workflow. Get started with this roundup of posts about using Styles!
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Q&A: Detect Changes to Styles
Sleuth out changes to Styles without making painstaking line-by-line comparisons.
Shrink Files by Deleting Unused Styles
Got a bloated Word file causing snafus? Try deleting the unused Styles. Here are several ways how and one heroic automation.
Quick Tricks for Applying Styles to Word Documents
Styles are applied to many good ends, in Word: production workflow, ebook coding, and making restructuring easy, to name a few. There are several easy ways to apply styles, too! Styles area of the Home ribbon Styles panel Format painter Keyboard shortcut
Try This! Restructure Using Styles
In this exercise, you’ll practice applying Styles and using the Outline View. Heading levels must be indicated in the manuscript in some way. Heads can’t simply be formatted as body text—even boldfacing will help the designer as much as the editor. And the reader absolutely needs them.
Q&A: Fixing lists in bulk?
It may not be perfect, but this method for re-styling multilevel lists cuts an 11-hour job down to 1 hour!
Shortcut Changes for Format Copy–Pasting
Time to update your muscle memory if you’re used to copying and pasting styles in Word!
Insert Ribbon Review: Pages Group
The Pages group on the Insert ribbon is where to turn to instead of repeatedly hitting enter to start a new page, and more!
Home Ribbon Review: Clipboard Group
Looking to level up your MS Word skills? Start with the ribbon roundup of free articles on this site! Thist first roundup coveres the Clipboard group on the Home ribbon.
For Your Eyes Only: Formatting That Boosts Editing
One thing that makes Amy Schneider such a darned fast editor is that she formats manuscripts to make editing easier. It’s weird-looking, but it’s temporary. With just a few clicks, Amy uses Styles to change what is on her screens (and she uses four) to suit her needs, and then back to the publishers’ submission … Continue reading For Your Eyes Only: Formatting That Boosts Editing