Wrangling with your styles

Sometimes when you're editing a complex book in Word, you can end up with a huge list of styles, which take forever to scroll through if you use the normal style box. One way to get around this is to set up your own toolbar with your styles on it.

The following instructions apply to Word X for Mac, but other versions of Word will have a similar solution.

1. Go to View > Toolbars > Customize...
2. Click on the New... button and you will be prompted to give it a name, say, Styles.
3. The new toolbar will be added to the list. Make sure the tick box next to the name is selected, and the toolbar will appear on the screen.
4. Now go to the Commands tab in the same dialogue box.
5. In the Categories: list on the left, scroll down to Styles and click on this. You will then see a list of all the active styles in your document in the Commands list on the right.



6. Now simply drag the styles you want onto the toolbar. You can place them in any order you wish.
7. You can also shape the toolbar into a horizontal bar or a vertical bar by clicking and dragging on the bottom right-hand corner of the toolbar.



8. Drag the toolbar to where you would like it to live and hey presto! you have a list of styles which you can apply by simply clicking on the name. No more scrolling!