How to keep the same style for a new paragraph in Word

[Guest]

As far as I remember there used to be a modifier for ENTER that would start a
new paragraph but would keep the style of the previous paragraph, overriding
any NEXT STYLE settings in the style definition. Anyone know if that's still
available? Thx.

 

[Pat Garard]

G'Day Mr Plow,

SHIFT+ENTER will begin a new line mid-paragraph.

 

[Joe McGuire]

In Word 2002/2003 open the Modify Style window for that style and look at
Style for following paragraph. Change whatever is in there to the same
style you are using. Thereafter, when you press Enter at the end of a
paragraph of that style to start a new paragraph it should be in the same
style. Make sure you have not set any other formatting for thos paragraphs
manually since it usually take precedence over the style.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Pat has suggested a way to start a new line in the *same* paragraph. Though
this is not what you asked, it may be what you're looking for.

There's no built-in way to override (temporarily) the following style set
for a paragraph style, but Bill Coan kindly provided the following macro
that will do it; as the macro name suggests, I have it assigned to the
Alt+Enter shortcut.

Sub AlternateEnter()
'
Dim OriginalStyle As Style
Set OriginalStyle = Selection.Style
Selection.TypeParagraph
Selection.Style = OriginalStyle

End Sub

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
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[Charles Kenyon]

I liked the idea so much I put it into my system. I also made the following
variation that I expect to use more often.

Sub AltShiftEnter()
' Apply style for next paragraph to new paragraph broken in middle
' When in middle of paragraph, breaks paragraph and applies style for next
' to the new paragraph
' Assigned to key combination Alt-Shift-Enter
' 24 March 2005
Dim NextStyle As Style
Set NextStyle =
ActiveDocument.Styles(Selection.Style).NextParagraphStyle
Selection.TypeParagraph
Selection.Style = NextStyle
End Sub

I only tested it briefly but it seems to work. I often find that I want to
break a paragraph in the middle and have the style for next paragraph
applied to the new paragraph rather than keeping the original style.
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Yes, that would definitely be useful, too.

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