Heading style with graphic

[Andrea Reece]

I'm using Word 2004. I'm creating a template for general office use, ie
people not good with Word.

I'm trying to make my Heading 1 have the same graphic every time. Because of
the general audience, I used the TIF file as a bullet set to be in the left
margin. It works well except for two problems:

First, the heading is underlined and I cannot find a way to remove it from
the bullet and space before the text.

Second, the bullet appears in the table of contents.

I tried to use the Style Separator I'd read about, but evidently that wasn't
in Word 2004. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to have the TIF file
automatically inserted when you select the style, but not underlined or in
the ToC?

Thank you.

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Andrea:

That's a bridge too far If you underline a paragraph, you will also
underline the bullet in front of it.

If you do it to a Heading 1, it will appear in the TOC.

The Style Separator was a horrid kludge introduced in Word 2002. It created
so much trouble that they took it out in Word 2003.

But you can make one yourself, if you have a very high tolerance for pain
(particularly in an office full of unskilled users).

It is simply a "hidden" paragraph mark. Create another Style "Heading 1 No
Underline". Remove the underline and add the picture to it. Also: set it's
Outline Level to "Body Text" so it does not get sucked in to the TOC.

Now put an empty paragraph above the heading and apply "Heading 1 No
Underline" to that, so you get your picture.

Now select just the paragraph mark at the end of the Heading 1 No Underline
and set its Font to "Hidden" manually. Voila! You have a "Style
Separator". The paragraph mark will disappear and the Heading 1 paragraph
below will rise to join up to it. It will not appear in the TOC, while the
Heading 1 itself will appear in the TOC and will have an underline.

Note: I have not done this with a bulleted paragraph: normally if you hide
the paragraph mark, you hide the bullet or numbering. So you may have to
get into the properties of the bullet in Heading 1 No Underline and set THAT
to "not hidden" manually, so it overrides the effect of the paragraph mark.

While you are at it, I would switch the TIFF for a GIF or a PNG -- it's one
twentieth the size, and if you are going to have a lot of them in a
document, the saving will add up.

Hope this helps

I'm using Word 2004. I'm creating a template for general office use, ie
people not good with Word.

I'm trying to make my Heading 1 have the same graphic every time. Because of
the general audience, I used the TIF file as a bullet set to be in the left
margin. It works well except for two problems:

First, the heading is underlined and I cannot find a way to remove it from
the bullet and space before the text.

Second, the bullet appears in the table of contents.

I tried to use the Style Separator I'd read about, but evidently that wasn't
in Word 2004. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to have the TIF file
automatically inserted when you select the style, but not underlined or in
the ToC?

Thank you.

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[Clive Huggan]

On 20/9/08 7:46 PM, in article C4FAFC99.194A7%[email protected], "John

While you are at it, I would switch the TIFF for a GIF or a PNG -- it's one
twentieth the size, and if you are going to have a lot of them in a
document, the saving will add up.

Or, if relevant: you could key in the bullets (Option-8).

I use keyed-in bullets so often that I use an AutoCorrect item (with more
accessible, therefore quicker, keystrokes) to insert them instead of
Option-8.

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from the Americas and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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[Andrea Reece]

Well, you called it. When I hide the paragraph mark, it hides the bullet.
And because the bullet is Picture instead of Font, it won't let me override
it.

I am just not seeing an easy way to get this to work that doesn't traumatize
those not comfortable with Word.

Thanks for the input.