Style.LinkStyle Property (Word)
Sets or returns a Variant that represents a link between a paragraph and a character style. Read/write.
Syntax
expression .LinkStyle
expression An expression that returns a Style object.
Remarks
When a character style and a paragraph style are linked, the two styles take on the same character formatting.
Example
This example creates and formats a new character style, and then it links the character style to the built-in heading style "Heading 1" so that the "Heading 1" style takes on the character formatting of the newly added style.
Sub LinkHeadStyle()
Dim styChar1 As Style
Set styChar1 = ActiveDocument.Styles.Add _
(Name:="Heading 1 Characters", Type:=wdStyleTypeCharacter)
With styChar1
.Font.Name = "Verdana"
.Font.Bold = True
.Font.Shadow = True
With .Font.Borders(1)
.LineStyle = wdLineStyleDot
.LineWidth = wdLineWidth300pt
.Color = wdColorDarkRed
End With
End With
ActiveDocument.Styles("Heading 1").LinkStyle = _
ActiveDocument.Styles("Heading 1 Characters")
With ActiveDocument.Content
.InsertParagraphAfter
.InsertAfter "New Linked Style"
.Select
End With
Selection.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Selection.Style = ActiveDocument.Styles("Heading 1")
End Sub