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Subject:character styles in Word From:"Susan W. Gallagher" <susan-gallagher -at- vertel -dot- com> To:Melanie Shook <mshook -at- com2001 -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 24 Jan 2000 10:40:45 -0800
>>Frame lets you assign a character style within a paragraph style.
>>It's invaluable for drawing attention to screens, fields, buttons, or
>>commands within body text.
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>So does Word. I use this feature regularly, for the reasons you mention.
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>Win, if this works, please explain it...
When you create or modify a style in MS Word, there's a drop-
down list box labeled Style Type. The choices are Paragraph and
Character. On the Style drop-down list, Paragraph styles are
marked with a paragraph mark, Character styles are marked with
an underscored 'a'.
