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how to add a style to quick access toolbar qat?

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2013-12-27T08:14:07+00:00

how to add a style to quick access toolbar qat?

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  1. Jay Freedman 207.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2013-12-27T14:51:39+00:00

    In the Options > Customize dialog, when you set the "Choose commands from" dropdown to All Commands, you can find the three entries Apply Heading 1, Apply Heading 2, and Apply Heading 3. (These styles also have default keyboard shortcuts, Ctrl+Alt+1, 2, and 3.)

    Other than those three, there is no built-in way to put individual styles on the Quick Access Toolbar. You could create a macro for each style you want, similar to this one (see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm if needed):

    Sub ApplyHeading4()

        Selection.Style = ActiveDocument.Styles("Heading 4")

    End Sub

    Then, in the Options > Customize dialog, when you set the "Choose commands from" dropdown to Macros, you can find your macro's name. After adding it to the list on the right side of the dialog, use the Modify button to clean up the display name and choose an icon.

    If your need is only to have the styles available regardless of which ribbon tab is showing, you can add the entire Quick Styles gallery to the Quick Access Toolbar. Simply right-click anywhere in the gallery and click Add Gallery to Quick Access Toolbar. However, this won't reduce the number of clicks needed to get to a style -- it's just as easy to click the Home tab and then pick a style.

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  1. Suzanne S Barnhill 277.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2013-12-28T14:57:13+00:00

    While that may be helpful, it is not an answer to the question you asked, nor should you be trying to answer a question WhiteRat did not ask.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-07-28T18:11:01+00:00

    I've found this immensely helpful. Thank you!

    The Manage Styles icon allows me to look at the breakdown of preformatted or tweaked wordstyles after I've saved them or copied them into another document (you lose the formatted information choosen that used to hang in the wordart styles ribbon; like the exact color, shading, shadow angle, etc.)  this is SUCH A TIME SAVER!

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-02-17T10:17:26+00:00

    Thanks so much for the tip Bharat. Even though it is supposed to be on the wrong page, I found it very useful to make my own customized gallery.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-12-28T11:50:15+00:00

    ok, i faced this situations many times where there are too many styles and you need ~4-5 styles to work with.

    here is the solution:

    Open word document

    Press Alt+O+S (it will open Styles menu)

    Then click on "Manage Styles" icon (third icon from the bottom)

    Then Click on "Recommend" tab from Manage Styles popup box

    Then Select "As Recommended" from the Sort order and make sure "Show recommended styles only" is checked

    Then click "Select All" option and then deselect the styles which you need (press Ctrl and select multiple styles)

    Then click "Make Last" from the priority order

    Or you can simply select the Style(s) and click "Move Up" or "Move Down" till it is on the top of styles list

    Click "OK" and done, you can see the styles which are needed on top of the styles list.

    Cheers,

    bharat

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