Can a heading style include one font for title and another for text?

[WebColin]

Specifically, I want the common part of my captions (e.g., "TABLE 1 >>") to
appear in bold, and the variable part (e.g., "List of stuff that makes up a
table.") to be italicized, but not in bold. So the final Caption should be:
"TABLE 1 >> List of stuff that makes up a table.", with the first bolded,
the second part in italics. When I create the style, it seems I can only
specify one font type for the entire style/paragraph.

If I can't specify this for the style, I'll have to go through each and
every caption and manually alter part of the text to be italicized. Surely
there's a better way, and a way to ensure that all Captions current and
future adhere to the same format. Is there not?

In WordPerfect, I could just embed a Bold and Italic toggle at the end of
the format, so the variable text I typed each time would differ from the
common text before it. Is there any way to do this in Word?

Thanks,
Colin

 

[Stefan Blom]

Format an example caption the way you want it, with different
formatting for the "Table #" part. Be sure to format only "Table #"
differently (not the following paragraph mark), and then select it and
create an AutoText entry. Insert the AutoText entry the next time you
want to create a table caption. (For more about AutoText, see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoText.htm.)

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Microsoft Word MVP


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[Stefan Blom]

Clarification: Of course, AutoTexts won't take care of the formatting
in existing captions. They will merely make it easier to insert the
table captions with the desired formatting in the future.

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Stefan Blom
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[WebColin]

That worked well enough for me. Cool. I've never used the AutoText feature.
I see that AutoCorrect can hold formatting too. I didn't know that either.

Thanks,
Colin

 

[Stefan Blom]

I'm glad I could help.

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Microsoft Word MVP


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