Windows Help & Advice - USA (2019-08)

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Apply Styles in

Google Docs

“Learnhowtomakeuseof Styles

in your documents to make them

easiertoreadandnavigate”

oogle Docs gives Word and

LibreOffice Writer a run for

their money, but it still lacks

someraw power when going up

againstmore fully rounded packages.

It’squiterestrictive when setting up

and applying Styles, for example,

but armed with the right know-how

you can still make use of what’s

available to not only produce

consistent formatting but provide

useful navigable links in the form

of a document outline or table

of contents.

You’ll also discover how to change

the styles of hyperlinks using a free

add-on. If you find Google Docs can’t

do what you want with your stylistic

needs, open ‘Add-ons > Get add-ons’

and search for styles for plug-ins that

may add the features you need. The

annotation opposite reveals one such

add-on worth experimenting with:

Paragraph Styles+. Read on to

maximiseyouruseofStyles.

1 Log in and get started

Open your browser and head to docs.google.com, signing

in with your Google Account if necessary. Click Blank under the

Template gallery to create a blank document, from where you’ll

define your Styles. These will be limited to that document, but

you can select ‘Format > Paragraph Styles > Options > Save as my

default styles’ to use them across all future documents.

2 Set text styles

Styles work by reformatting selected text to a specified font

(including attributes such as bold or italic, colour and size),

alignment (left, centre, right, justified) and line spacing. Google

Docs offers nine text styles: normal (or body) text, title and

subtitle, plus six header styles. It’s important to set up your

normal text style first, as changes to this affect all other styles.

Step-by-step Format documents with Styles

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Styles ensure your

document looks

professional, and

make navigating

large files easier.

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Straightforward

Trickyin parts

Windows 10

Windows8.1

Windows^7

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