Advanced Microsoft® Office Documents 2007 Edition Inside Out

Chapter 5. Styles

Chapter Assumptions

What’s New for Styles in Word 2007

Paragraph and Character Quick Styles

Creating Effective Style Sets

Working with Themes

Mastering Lists

Creating and Using List Styles

Working with Table Styles

Managing Styles

To say that styles are important to Microsoft Word documents is a bit like saying that electricity is important to air conditioning.

Without electricity, you could use a paper fan and a block of ice to keep cool—though that wouldn’t be very easy or a particularly good long-term solution. Of course, making that ice and keeping it cold would be no picnic either, but people have found ways to get it done since the days of ancient Rome.

Similarly, you have always been able to create Word documents without styles, ...