You are wanting "Run-In Headings". This is what Word's Character styles are
for.
In Word 2004 and later, there is a very sophisticated mechanism named
"Linked Styles" that will produce Character Styles on the fly for you:
1) Create the text of your paragraph.
2) Select just the text that is to be the heading (make sure you do NOT have
the paragraph mark at the end of the text selected).
3) Apply the Heading 5 style.
Behind the scenes, Word will instantly and automatically create a new style
named "Heading 5 Char", copy all of the Font properties of the Heading 5
style to it, and apply that to your selected text.
You will get the effect you want, and Word will hide the Heading 5 Char so
you do not apply it inadvertently when you meant to apply Heading 5.
The new Character Style version of Heading 5 will remain linked to it. If
you change the font properties of Heading 5, the font properties of Heading
5 Char will be updated also.
After it has created a linked style, Word will choose which version to apply
based on your selection: If your selection includes a paragraph mark, Word
will apply the Paragraph style. If not, it will apply the Linked Character
Style.
It helps to keep your Show/Hide turned on, so you can see whether or not you
have a paragraph mark in your selection.
A Linked Style does not contain numbering properties, so if you are using
numbering with your headings and you wish to use this with your run-in
headings, you need to adjust the technique slightly. Post back if that is
the case...
Hope this helps
Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC
Hi there -
I am using a format that is required for my dissertation, that requires my
level 5 headings to be indented, and the text carries on from the heading on
the same line. Word doesn't like this, as it wants headings on their own line.
If I put the heading on its own line and left-justified, I can make it a
heading; but the minute I put text next to it, it wants to make the whole
paragraph the heading. Is there anything I can do to correct this?
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