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Old August 5th, 2009, 08:45 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.formatting.longdocs
Kurt Heisler
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Default Applying style to first portion of a paragraph only

How I can I style the first couple of words of a paragraph (kind of
like a heading for the paragraph), without styling the rest of the
paragraph which starts on the same line? And the first couple of words
- the part that's styled - needs to be indented.

For example:

My Heading. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing
elit. Proin commodo est at urna adipiscing lacinia. Curabitur est
lorem, bibendum et condimentum non, sagittis sit amet diam. Donec in
odio lorem. Maecenas vitae urna vel tellus placerat varius.
Suspendisse non massa libero. Cras fermentum consequat nisi, faucibus
porta dolor gravida et.

(Where "My Heading" has the style applied to it so it's indented,
bolded, and italicized. The rest of the paragraph is regular, non-
formated text.)

A paragraph style applies the formatting to everything, so that's out.

I tried to create a character style, but these don't allow you to
include indenting or tabs as part of the style settings.

Any suggestions?
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Old August 6th, 2009, 01:30 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.formatting.longdocs
Jay Freedman
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Default Applying style to first portion of a paragraph only

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/RunInSidehead.htm, which explains how to
put two paragraphs of different styles on the same line.

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On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:45:06 -0700 (PDT), Kurt Heisler
wrote:

How I can I style the first couple of words of a paragraph (kind of
like a heading for the paragraph), without styling the rest of the
paragraph which starts on the same line? And the first couple of words
- the part that's styled - needs to be indented.

For example:

My Heading. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing
elit. Proin commodo est at urna adipiscing lacinia. Curabitur est
lorem, bibendum et condimentum non, sagittis sit amet diam. Donec in
odio lorem. Maecenas vitae urna vel tellus placerat varius.
Suspendisse non massa libero. Cras fermentum consequat nisi, faucibus
porta dolor gravida et.

(Where "My Heading" has the style applied to it so it's indented,
bolded, and italicized. The rest of the paragraph is regular, non-
formated text.)

A paragraph style applies the formatting to everything, so that's out.

I tried to create a character style, but these don't allow you to
include indenting or tabs as part of the style settings.

Any suggestions?

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Old August 6th, 2009, 01:07 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.formatting.longdocs
Kurt Heisler
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Default Applying style to first portion of a paragraph only

Great link. Exactly what I was looking for.

On Aug 5, 8:30*pm, Jay Freedman wrote:
Seehttp://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/RunInSidehead.htm, which explains how to
put two paragraphs of different styles on the same line.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP * * * *FAQ:http://word.mvps.org

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Old August 14th, 2009, 11:23 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.formatting.longdocs
Herb Tyson [MVP]
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Default Applying style to first portion of a paragraph only

Another option is to use first line indent in the paragraph style, and to
use a character style for the first couple of words. This is sometimes
easier to manage and a bit less tricky than using two paragraph styles.

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"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/RunInSidehead.htm, which explains
how to
put two paragraphs of different styles on the same line.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so all
may benefit.

On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:45:06 -0700 (PDT), Kurt Heisler

wrote:

How I can I style the first couple of words of a paragraph (kind of
like a heading for the paragraph), without styling the rest of the
paragraph which starts on the same line? And the first couple of words
- the part that's styled - needs to be indented.

For example:

My Heading. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing
elit. Proin commodo est at urna adipiscing lacinia. Curabitur est
lorem, bibendum et condimentum non, sagittis sit amet diam. Donec in
odio lorem. Maecenas vitae urna vel tellus placerat varius.
Suspendisse non massa libero. Cras fermentum consequat nisi, faucibus
porta dolor gravida et.

(Where "My Heading" has the style applied to it so it's indented,
bolded, and italicized. The rest of the paragraph is regular, non-
formated text.)

A paragraph style applies the formatting to everything, so that's out.

I tried to create a character style, but these don't allow you to
include indenting or tabs as part of the style settings.

Any suggestions?


 




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