
To load styles from a file, click the File button. For example, if you are copying styles between two documents, both entries should say Documents.Ĭhoosing to copy styles from a document, not a template. At the bottom of the Template Management dialog box, choose either Templates or Documents, as needed. To copy or move styles using the Template Management dialog: Loading styles from a template or document. Using the Template Management dialog box. You can copy or move styles from one template or document to another in two ways: Having created a style, you may want to transfer the style to another document. So, for example, if you e-mail a document to another person, the styles go with it. If the Styles and Formatting window is open, you may notice that the Heading 1 style is also highlighted in the main window.When you create a style in a document, it is available only within that document. The cursor shape changes back to the normal one, and the text acquires the properties of the Heading 1 style. Move the cursor on the paragraph you have created and click the left mouse button. Move the cursor to one of the two paragraphs with style Heading 1 and select the Format Paintbrush icon to activate it (the cursor changes shape). If the Styles and Formatting window is still open, you may notice that the Heading 1 style is also highlighted in the main window. If the paragraph style you want is not in the Apply Style list, select More to bring up the Styles and Formatting window. The text acquires the properties of the Heading 1 style. Keeping the cursor on the same paragraph, select Heading 1 in the Apply Styles list. Move the cursor to a new line or create a new line by pressing the Enter key at the end of the previous line and type some text. Make sure the window is showing the Paragraph Styles section-click on the top-left icon of the Styles and Formatting window. This opens the Styles and Formatting window. Click the Styles and Formatting icon located on the Formatting Bar or press the F11 key. Type the words Heading 1 in the new document, but do not press Enter so that the cursor remains in that same line where you typed. Create a new document (choose File > New > Text Document or press Control+N). Let's see the three methods described above in action with an example. Note that it is not required to select the whole paragraph.
Select now the paragraphs to which you want to apply the copied style.
Start by placing the cursor inside the paragraph you want to copy, then press the Format paintbrush icon in the standard toolbar. The format paintbrush can be used to apply a certain paragraph style to another paragraph (or group of paragraphs). at the bottom of the list to open the Styles and Formatting window.