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TextStyles.Add Method

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Adds a new TextStyle object to the specified TextStyles object and returns the new TextStyle object.

Syntax

expression.Add(Font, ParagraphFormat, StyleName, BasedOn)

expression   A variable that represents a TextStyles object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
StyleName Required String The name of the new text style. If the name matches an existing text style, the existing text style is overwritten.
BasedOn Optional String The name of the text style on which the new text style is based. If the name does not match an existing text style, an error occurs.
Font Optional Font The font settings to apply to the new text style.
ParagraphFormat Optional ParagraphFormat The paragraph formatting to apply to the new text style.

Return Value
TextStyle

Example

The following example adds a new text style to the active publication based on the Normal text style.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Dim tsNew As TextStyle

Set tsNew = ActiveDocument.TextStyles _
.Add(StyleName:="Title", BasedOn:="Normal")

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