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100 Chapter 4 Change the Look of Text
Quickly Formatting Text
You don’t have to know much about character and paragraph formatting to be able to
format your documents in ways that will make them easier to read and more professional
looking. With a couple of mouse clicks, you can easily change the look of words, phrases,
and paragraphs by using Quick Styles.
Word has several types of predefined Quick Styles, but the simplest are those you can
apply to text.
● Paragraph styles You apply these to entire paragraphs, such as headings.
● Character styles You apply these to words.
● Linked styles You apply these to either paragraphs or words.
By default, Word makes just a few of the predefined Quick Styles available in the Quick
Styles gallery in the Styles group on the Home tab. Quick Styles apply a combination of
character formatting (such as font, size, and color) and paragraph formatting (such as
line spacing).
The Quick Styles gallery.
The styles displayed as thumbnails in the Quick Styles gallery have been designed to go
well together, so applying styles from the gallery produces a harmonious effect. After
you apply styles from the current set of styles, you can easily change the look of the