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ADD A TABLE OF CONTENTS Choose ‘Insert > Table of
Contents’ and select the type of table you want: either
using page numbers or hyperlinks. This is built automatically
from your Heading styles. Click a link to jump to that point in the
document or roll your mouse over it for more options. If you add
more headings to your document or make other changes, click
the ‘Update table of contents’ button. TL8
DEFINE HYPERLINK STYLE Google Docs doesn’t have a
built-in tool for amending the default hyperlink Style, but
you can change it via an add-on: browse to ‘Add-ons > Get
add-ons’ and search for ‘Link Style’. Once installed, add all the
hyperlinks you need, then select one, style it the way you wish
and choose ‘Add-ons > Link Style > Update link style to match’.6
APPLY TO STYLE Once you’re happy with the look and feel
of your body text as you’ve styled it, make sure the text
remains selected and then choose ‘Format > Paragraph styles >
Normal Text > Update ‘Normal text’ to match’. The text will
automatically update to match your new Style – and other
existing Styles will update too, reflecting the fact that they’re
based on the ‘Normal text’ style.9
MAKE USE OF OUTLINE VIEW Not only do Styles ensure
your document looks consistent, they can also be used to
aid navigation. Look for the Outline button in the top left corner
of the document window – click this to view a series of
collapsible headings related to the Styles you’ve applied. Click
one to jump to that point in the document or click the ‘X’ to
remove it (your text remains unaffected).7
UPDATE OTHER STYLES You can now move on to define
your other Styles. Any changes you make to these –
whether font, attributes, colour, size, text alignment, line spacing
and so on – should have no effect on any other Styles. However,
if you subsequently make changes to the ‘Normal text’ Style,
you’ll find they affect all your other Styles too, forcing you to
redo those Styles again.5
SPACE OUT PARAGRAPHS Alternatively, click ‘Custom
spacing’ to choose your own precise figure, including
decimal points. It’s not possible to reduce the spacing below 1
(unlike in Word), which is useful for compressing large text
spread over multiple lines. Use the ‘Paragraph spacing’ controls
to create a gap between paragraphs – 8-12 pts either before or
after the line is usually sufficient.