Styles 2007

[Guest]

I have 3 styles that I use most of the time. Occassionally I use another
style which then replaces one of my 3 styles that are displayed. Is there any
way to select which styles appear on the Styles group (without having to
click down arrow)?

Thank you

 

[Beth Melton]

If I'm following what you want, you want to be able to quickly add those
styles you use the most to the Quick Styles gallery for your documents,
right?

If that's the case then modify the styles in the Quick Style gallery to your
liking, add those you want to see and remove those you don't want to see.
(Right-click the style in the gallery and then click the Remove command to
remove them)

Once you have the Quick Styles gallery setup, to set your current Quick
Style set as the default, click Change Styles and then click Set as Default.

Then for documents that may already have a customized Quick Style set that
you want to switch out, click Change Styles, point at Style Set, and at the
bottom click Save as Quick Style set. Name your file and leave it in the
QuickStyles folder so it will appear in the Style Set list for all
documents. Then to swap Quick Styles when needed, just select your custom
set from the Style Set menu.

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[Guest]

Thank you for your reply, Beth. What I really want to do is "fix" 3 of my
styles so that they always appear as the visible styles so that I don't have
to click the down arrow and find the style I want. in other words, I want the
visible styles to remain the same all the time and not change according to
use.
Thanks,

 

[Beth Melton]

I think what you're looking for is to set the Recommended order for your
styles. On the Styles pane, click Manage Styles at the bottom. (To display
the Styles pane, click the dialog launcher - the button with the arrow in
the bottom right corner of the Styles group.)

Then on the Recommended tab, select your Style and then click Move Up until
your style appears at the top of the list. Watch for the number that's
assigned when you click the Move Up button. You want them assigned as
priority 1, so they'll appear first, and then do the same for your other
styles. You can then place them in the order you want to see them in the
Quick Style gallery in the list. Click the option "New documents based on
this template" and then click OK.

I'd still use the Set As Default command for your modified Quick Style set,
as I previously described, and save them as a Quick Style Set so you can
switch them for any documents you've already created.

Note that if you do need to click the More button (down arrow) to select
another style you still may need to scroll the Quick Style gallery back to
the top - unless you remove those styles you don't want to see so they only
show in one row.

Also, you can assign keyboard shortcuts to styles you use frequently, if you
want to do that, let us know and we'll provide instructions.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out:
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/9801.aspx#AboutTheBook

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

 

[Guest]

That will do it. Thanks so much, Beth.
Candy

I think what you're looking for is to set the Recommended order for your
styles. On the Styles pane, click Manage Styles at the bottom. (To display
the Styles pane, click the dialog launcher - the button with the arrow in
the bottom right corner of the Styles group.)

Then on the Recommended tab, select your Style and then click Move Up until
your style appears at the top of the list. Watch for the number that's
assigned when you click the Move Up button. You want them assigned as
priority 1, so they'll appear first, and then do the same for your other
styles. You can then place them in the order you want to see them in the
Quick Style gallery in the list. Click the option "New documents based on
this template" and then click OK.

I'd still use the Set As Default command for your modified Quick Style set,
as I previously described, and save them as a Quick Style Set so you can
switch them for any documents you've already created.

Note that if you do need to click the More button (down arrow) to select
another style you still may need to scroll the Quick Style gallery back to
the top - unless you remove those styles you don't want to see so they only
show in one row.

Also, you can assign keyboard shortcuts to styles you use frequently, if you
want to do that, let us know and we'll provide instructions.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out:
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/9801.aspx#AboutTheBook

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/