Styles 2007

[Mary Ann]

What does linked style and priority number mean?
For example, in the Normal template, Heading 1 has a part of its definition:
Style: Linked, Quick Style, Priority: 10

 

[Aeneas]

A linked style is a hybrid of a paragraph style and a character style. When
you select part of the text in a paragraph and apply a linked style,
generally only the font formatting from the linked style is applied. This is
particularly useful for applying heading styles to the beginning text in a
paragraph; not only the formatting settings from the heading style are
applied to the selected text but also the outline level paragraph formatting
setting. The text formatted in this way may then be included in a table of
contents, etc.

The priority value determines where a style included in the Quick Style list
(part of the definition of a style) is displayed in the Quick Style gallery
on the Home tab, in the Styles group (see the Recommend tab of the Manage
Styles dialog box -- Home tab, Styles group, Styles Dialog Box Launcher
(arrow), Manage Styles button for settings). Quick Styles with the priority
value 1 are displayed before those with priority value 2, etc. Those with the
same priority value are displayed in alphabetical order.

 

[Mary Ann]

Thank you for your reply.

Linked – don’t really understand this. You say with a linked style,
generally only the font formatting is applied. But Heading 1, 2, 3 etc and
Title, for example, are listed as linked styles and they apply both paragraph
and font formatting as I understand things ??

Priority – this seems more straightforward. Is it possible to change the
style priority – and to set a priority when a new style is created?

 

[Stefan Blom]

Thank you for your reply.

Linked - don't really understand this. You say with a linked style,
generally only the font formatting is applied. But Heading 1, 2, 3 etc and
Title, for example, are listed as linked styles and they apply both
paragraph
and font formatting as I understand things ??

The difference is that linked styles *can* be applied to part of a paragraph
(which means that only the font formatting is applied), which "true"
paragraph styles can not. The latter type is always applied to a whole
paragraph, even if the current selection includes only part of the
paragraph.

Note that the Styles pane in Word 2007 (press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S to display
it) has an option to "Disable linked styles" which prevents linked styles
from being applied to part of a paragraph.

Linked styles were introduced in Word 2002 to allow users to create tables
of contents that included parts of paragraphs (without adding TC fields to
the document). In Word 2007 you can insert a style separator to get this
functionality without using linked styles (add the style separator command
to the QAT, via Office button | Word Options, Customize).

Priority - this seems more straightforward. Is it possible to change the
style priority - and to set a priority when a new style is created?

Yes, you can use the Recommend tab of the Manage Styles dialog box to set
style priority. To display the dialog box, click the Manage Styles button on
the Styles pane.

 

[Mary Ann]

Fabulous - thank you!

The difference is that linked styles *can* be applied to part of a paragraph
(which means that only the font formatting is applied), which "true"
paragraph styles can not. The latter type is always applied to a whole
paragraph, even if the current selection includes only part of the
paragraph.

Note that the Styles pane in Word 2007 (press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S to display
it) has an option to "Disable linked styles" which prevents linked styles
from being applied to part of a paragraph.

Linked styles were introduced in Word 2002 to allow users to create tables
of contents that included parts of paragraphs (without adding TC fields to
the document). In Word 2007 you can insert a style separator to get this
functionality without using linked styles (add the style separator command
to the QAT, via Office button | Word Options, Customize).


Yes, you can use the Recommend tab of the Manage Styles dialog box to set
style priority. To display the dialog box, click the Manage Styles button on
the Styles pane.

 

[Stefan Blom]

You are welcome.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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