Optional Next Style

[John Marshall, MVP]

Styles can define the style for the next paragraph. Is there anyway to only
use the next style if something is entered?

I'd like to create a pair of styles for Q & A. The Q style would format the
line for a question and would define the next style as an A style. The A
style would format the line as an answer and define the next style as a
question. If nothing is entered on the Q style line, then the next line
should be Normal.

John... Visio MVP

 

[Graham Mayor]

You can't do this automatically - but you can assign the 'normal' style to a
keyboard shortcut (ALT+n - may even be the default setting) to reset the
next line.

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[John Marshall, MVP]

I was looking for an effect similar to the bullet and number lists. If you
enter something, the next line is the next line is another bullet. Enter
nothing and it reverts to Normal.

 

[Graham Mayor]

It's not going to work because the next style will always be the alternate -
not the same with bullet or number.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Note that the built-in keyboard shortcut for the Normal style is
Ctrl+Shift+N.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[John Marshall, MVP]

Looks like I have another item for the Word wish list. ;-)

John... Visio MVP

 

[Guest]

John:

How about using AutoCorrect to replace Q: or A: with a styled para. If you
don't enter Q: or A: you stay in a Normal para.

Bear

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

That is a posibility, but what I have is two styles so that the Question is
a different clour than the answer and the Q or A is the prefix for a bullet
list.


John... Visio MVP