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Objectives

• Apply quick styles to text• Apply a theme• Customize a theme• Insert a sidebar

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Objectives (continued)

• Insert quick parts• Add a cover page• Create building blocks• Insert building blocks

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Applying Quick Styles to Text

• A style is a set of format settings that are named and stored together

• Quick Style sets are groups of related styles designed to be used together in a document• Give documents a cohesive look• Sets include styles for title, subtitle,

headings, body text, lists, quotes, and other text elements

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Applying Quick Styles to Text

(continued)• Saving a document as a Web page:

• Use the Save As command to save a document in HTML format

• Two options: Single File Web Page (.mht or .mhtml) or in Web Page (.htm or .html)

• Page is then displayed in Web Layout view

• Unsupported formatting options (e.g., floating graphics) are converted to similar supported formatting

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Applying a Theme

• A theme is a set of unified design elements• E.g., colors, fonts for body text and

headings, and effects for graphics• By default, the Office theme is used

• Use Themes command in Themes group on Page Layout tab

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Applying a Theme (continued)

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Applying a Theme (continued)

• Changing the default theme:• Press [Ctrl][N], click Themes button

(Themes group, Page Layout tab), and click theme to use as default

• Use buttons in Themes group to customize theme settings before saving it

• Or, use Change Styles button (Styles group, Home tab), and then use the Style Set, Colors, and Fonts options

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Customizing a Theme

• Customize a theme by• Changing its colors• Selecting new fonts for headings and

body text• Changing the effects

• Save customized theme as a new theme• Then, apply it to other documents

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Customizing a Theme

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Inserting a Sidebar

• Building blocks are reusable pieces of formatted content or document parts that are stored in galleries• E.g., sidebars and pull quotes

• A sidebar is a text box positioned adjacent to the document body

• A pull quote contains a quote or excerpt from an article, formatted in a larger font size and placed on the same page

• Use Text Box command (Insert tab)

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Inserting a Sidebar (continued)

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Inserting a Sidebar (continued)

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Inserting Quick Parts

• Use Quick Parts to insert reusable pieces of content into a document• Fields: date, page numbers• Document properties: document title,

author• Building blocks

• Use Quick Parts command on Insert tab or on Header & Footer Tools Design tab

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Adding a Cover Page

• Many predesigned cover pages come with Word• Designs range from conservative and

business-like to colorful and attention-grabbing

• Each design includes placeholder text and property controls that you can replace with your own information

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Adding a Cover Page

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Creating Building Blocks

• Save content you want to reuse as a building block in one of the galleries• Use Quick Parts command

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Creating Building Blocks

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Creating Building Blocks

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Creating Building Blocks

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• Renaming a building block and editing other properties:• Right-click the item in a gallery, and

click Edit Properties• Modify Building Block dialog box opens

• Or, select the item in the Building Blocks Organizer, and then clicking Edit Properties

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Inserting Building Blocks

• You can insert a building block directly from a gallery

• You can use the Building Blocks Organizer to search for, organize, and insert building blocks

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Inserting Building Blocks

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Inserting Building Blocks

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Summary

• Themes provide coordinated fonts, colors, and effects that you can apply to a document in one easy step

• Building blocks offer preformatted document parts to insert and customize in a document• E.g., sidebars, pull quotes, headers,

footers, cover pages, etc.