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Apply character style as you type

Anonymous
2021-05-31T21:01:04+00:00

Suppose I'm using a paragraph style and want to apply a character style to part of the text. I know I can do that by selecting the text and applying the character style to it, but sometimes I want to apply the character style to new text that I am typing.

For example,

This is the paragraph style and this is the character style and this is the paragraph style again.

I can use <c>I to turn italics on and <c>I again to turn italics off as I type, but how can I do that with a character style? I can apply the style, but I can't stop it.

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  1. Stefan Blom 338.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2021-06-01T07:18:22+00:00

    You can assign a keyboard shortcut to a character style, as I'm sure you already know. Choose the "Styles" category at File > Options > Customize Ribbon > Customize, locate the style you want, and assign the shortcut.

    During typing, to "turn off" the character style, you can press Ctrl+SpaceBar, which runs the ResetChar built-in command (as Hans has already suggested).

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  1. HansV 462.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2021-05-31T21:36:46+00:00

    Press Ctrl+spacebar when you want to stop using the character style. You'll revert to the 'pure' paragraph style from that point on.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-06-04T16:52:47+00:00

    I'm all set. I'm curious as to where this information could be found.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-06-03T08:50:53+00:00

    Hi JerrySchwartzNewB,

    Did you check the above replies from MVPs? If you still need help, please update us.

    Regards,

    Neha

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