Style selector drop down

[livetohike]

Regarding the Style selector drop down on the tool bar:

1) The style names display in the defined style (kind of). Can I
change to display in regular text like you can for the Font selector
drop down?

2) The height of the box around each displayed style name is very
tall, thus wasting space and only allowing room for a few style names
to display. Can this be adjusted (See 1 above).

3) How does Word determine the number of Styles to display in the drop
down? Currently it shows 12 styles, but there is room for many more,
thus reducing the need to scroll around so much to find the style I
want.

4) Is there a way to get the "most/recently" used styles to show up at
the top of the list, like the Font drop down does?

Thanks

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

What version of Word do you have? In Word 2003, if you have "List font names
in their font" (Tools | Customize | Options) disabled, the styles in the
Styles dropdown are also shown unformatted (they're still formatted in the
Styles and Formatting task pane).

In Word 2007, you can choose to display the styles unformatted in the Styles
task pane, but this unfortunately doesn't carry over to the Styles dropdown,
which can't be changed. There doesn't seem to be an option not to show font
names in their font, either.

 

[livetohike]

What version of Word do you have? In Word 2003, if you have "List font names
in their font" (Tools | Customize | Options) disabled, the styles in the
Styles dropdown are also shown unformatted (they're still formatted in the
Styles and Formatting task pane).

In Word 2007, you can choose to display the styles unformatted in the Styles
task pane, but this unfortunately doesn't carry over to the Styles dropdown,
which can't be changed. There doesn't seem to be an option not to show font
names in their font, either.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Sorry, it is word 2000 that I use.
I was hoping for separate settings for styles and fonts as I do like
to see the font correctly, but would rather see the Styles in plain
text.

Followup:
It seems that part of my problem for this particular doc is that the
built in Styles H1, H2, H3, etc. have been changed from the Word
default causing them to display w/ extra white space above/below (in
Styles drop down menu). Maybe this comes from the 'leave space before/
after' setting?

Regardless, how do I set built in styles back to the Word default. I
tried the Style Organizer, but it does not list H1, H2, H3, etc. in
Normal.dot?

Also, is their a way to control what I asked in my Question #4 above.

Thanks

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The way to get MRU styles to show is to upgrade to Word 2002 or 2003, which
does have an MRU list at the top of the Styles and Formatting task pane.

You should be able to find styles Heading 1, Heading 2, and Heading 3 in
Normal.dot in the Style Organizer; there are no built-in styles named H1,
H2, H3, though you may have added these as aliases for the built-in heading
styles.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

What version of Word do you have? In Word 2003, if you have "List font
names
in their font" (Tools | Customize | Options) disabled, the styles in the
Styles dropdown are also shown unformatted (they're still formatted in the
Styles and Formatting task pane).

In Word 2007, you can choose to display the styles unformatted in the
Styles
task pane, but this unfortunately doesn't carry over to the Styles
dropdown,
which can't be changed. There doesn't seem to be an option not to show
font
names in their font, either.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Sorry, it is word 2000 that I use.
I was hoping for separate settings for styles and fonts as I do like
to see the font correctly, but would rather see the Styles in plain
text.

Followup:
It seems that part of my problem for this particular doc is that the
built in Styles H1, H2, H3, etc. have been changed from the Word
default causing them to display w/ extra white space above/below (in
Styles drop down menu). Maybe this comes from the 'leave space before/
after' setting?

Regardless, how do I set built in styles back to the Word default. I
tried the Style Organizer, but it does not list H1, H2, H3, etc. in
Normal.dot?

Also, is their a way to control what I asked in my Question #4 above.

Thanks