Create styles to apply a specific list of formatting attributes
to multiple elements within a template. For example, create a text
style to apply to all section headings or create a list style to apply
a certain numbering scheme to all lists in your document. Define the
values for these properties and others, such as text formatting, table
borders, image placements, and more.
Procedure
- Create a style or import a style from another template:
- To create a style:
- In Document Studio, click .
- In the New Style wizard, click Next.
- Enter a name for the style and click Next.
- Select the property, or group of properties, and click the Add icon
to add
the property to the style. Click Next.
- Expand the property names.
- Select a property name and enter a value for the selected property
in the Property Value column. Repeat for each
property name. Click Next.
- Review the summary and click Finish.
- To import a style from another template:
- In Document Studio, click .
- In the Import Styles wizard, click Next.
- Enter the path to a template or click Browse to
locate a template, and the click Next.
- Select all or a subset of the styles to import and click Next.
- Review the summary and click Finish.
- Apply the style to an element:
- Add an element to the template.
- In the Outline view, expand Styles.
- Select a style and drag it into the element in the Template
Content editor. The style icon displays in the element
in the template.
- Repeat to add the style to other elements.
Results
When you add formatting to an element by applying
a style, the element displays with an
icon in the template content editor:
What to do next
To modify an existing style:
- In the Outline view, right-click a style.
- Select Edit Style.
- Complete the wizard. If you select the template element and modify
its properties in the Properties view, your changes are applied to
that element only and not to the style.
Tip: You can search for a list
of all the elements that use a particular style by right-clicking
the style in the Outline view and selecting Search style
references. The Search view opens and a list of variable
entities displays. You can double-click a result in the Search view
to edit it. All of the elements that use the style are selected in
the template content editor.