Re: OT re: Word style modification

["Robert L. Stallard \(News Lists\)" <rlslists -at- ev1 -dot- net>]

Greetings Beth,
You wrote:

> Helpful Word gurus,
>
> I'm having trouble making a Heading 1 look the way I want.
>
> How would I modify a style to make a rule (black line) appear _under_ the
> headline and extend all the way to the right margin, no matter how short
or
> long (words-wise) the header is?
>
> All I've figured out how to do, so far, is to finish off the header with a
> rule, by adding a right-tab and a black-line tab leader. It doesn't look
> quite right to me...especially since the rule is too thick -- and I don't
> see a way to modify that. Perhaps I could live with this style rather than
> having an underline the whole way across, if I knew how to make the rule
> thinner. It looks like 1 point, and I'd prefer hairline.
Below are instructions that may help you.  First you want to create a bottom
edge border and then redefine the style.

1. Highlight any Heading 1 paragraph by right-clicking in the left margin
next to the corresponding text.

2. Select Borders and Shading from the Format menu. This opens the Borders
and Shading dialog.

3. Within the Border tab, select line style, color, and width (thickness)
attributes.  (The thinnest line width available is 1/4 inch.)

4. Under Preview, press the bottom edge border button.  In the Apply To
drop-down list, select Paragraph.

5. Press the Options button to open the Borders and Shading Options
sub-dialog.  It opens on top of the Borders and Shading dialog.

6. Adjust the amount of space you want from the text to the bottom edge
border.

7. Press the OK button to close the Borders and Shading Options sub-dialog.

8. Press the OK button to close the Borders and Shading dialog.

9. From the Formatting toolbar, select the Heading 1 style from the Style
drop-down list.  This opens the Change Style dialog.

10. Select the "Update the style to reflect recent changes?" option and
press OK.

That's it.  All instances of previous Heading 1 styles should update
automatically.  You can now apply this new Heading 1 style to any new
paragraph you like.

This is one way of doing redefining the style to your liking.  Another way
is to select the Heading 1 style from the Format/Style menu item and then
select Modify/Format/Border... to open the Borders and Shading dialog.
(Make sure the cursor is at the corresponding paragraph.)  Then follow steps
3 thru 8 above.  Once you are done, press OK and then Apply.

I hope this helps, please feel free to send me email if you are still having
trouble or if this is not what you want.  If you want, I can send you a Word
file with this new style that you can use as reference.

Good luck and have a great day!

Robert L. Stallard
Technical Writer
Houston, Texas, USA



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