Style Break

[Guest]

Word 2003

Is there such a thing as a "style break"?

For example, if I have set Heading 1 to be as follows:

1. Equipment Cost: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of
their party.

I want "Equipment Cost" to be bold and underscored, but the remaining text
of the paragraph to be in either normal or body text style (neither bold nor
underscored). Up to this point I have used direct formatting for the bolding
and underscoring - is that the best approach?

I have used third party numbering programs that use what amounts to a "red
paragraph symbol" which essentially "breaks" the style after the initial bold
and underscored portion, permitting one to follow with a different style for
the remaining text of the paragraph and I was wondering if such a feature
exists in 2003.

Hopefully, I have asked this question in a manner that can be understood by
readers. It wasn't easy.

Thanks so much - RPM

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can use a Style Separator or a hidden paragraph mark (see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/RunInSidehead.htm), but be aware that,
even if numbering is displayed on your heading paragraphs, it may not show
up in the TOC.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

Aha. You're a marvel.

Suzanne:

I'm going to check out the link that you attached to see if reading through
it cures what ails me. In the meantime, thanks so much once again, for your
assistance.

Sincerely, RPM

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

What Suzanne describes is perfect if you want only part of a paragraph
included in the table of contents. If there is no TOC to worry about,
another option would be to use a character style for the differently
formatted part of the Heading 1 items. In the following, you effectively
have:

1. <BOLD><UNDERLINED>Equipment Cost</BOLD></UNDERLINED>: Now is the time
for all good men to come to the aid of their party

So, you could create a new character style, perhaps named BoldUnderline,
then apply it wherever you want text to be bold and underlined. I do this
for text such as book titles, which I usually format as bold-italic or
in-line programming code where I want spelling suppressed and/or a different
typeface.

 

[Guest]

Herb:

My appreciation to you for your follow-up assistance. I'm going to
investigate both suggestions and will make a determination as to which works
best for my particular situation(s).

Thank you once again - RPM