Modifying Normal Style

[Guest]

How do I modify the Normal style directly in Word 07?

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[Guest]

I am not sure if I understand what you mean by 'directly'.

In any case, there are a number of ways to your goal.

The most convinient one - IMHO - would be to assign Normal to a paragraph,
then manually format that paragraph as you see fit, then right-click on the
Normal style button in the Styles Gallery and select 'Update Normal to match
selection'.

A more conservative route would be. In the Style Gallery right-click on the
Normal button and select 'Modify ...'. This opens a big dialog box with the
necassary options to modify the style.

Regards

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your reply. I may have misled you in the manner that I phrased my
question. Below is the original posting, in which I explained a universal
formatting problem I'm having.

In Office Word 07 (Windows Vista), I cannot find a way to solve a formatting
problem I’m having. When I highlight a paragraph to change its style, the
whole document changes to the style I chose for the selected paragraph. Also,
If I change a paragraph’s word-font size or color, the whole document changes
according to the style in the selected paragraph.

I opened Microsoft Vista’s “Modify Style†box, but, unlike in Windows XP,
there was no checkbox for “Automatically Updateâ€. I also clicked on the
Office Button and selected “Word Optionsâ€, and the “Popular†on the “enable
live preview†was already checked. Furthermore, none of the “Styles†box
selections solves the problem.