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Adding Styles to a Template. One of the tings you can store within templates are styles. When you use styles, it is critical that you understand how they can be added to a template so you can use them in a lot of different documents. Here's the way to make that addition.

Creating Styles. Styles are a powerful component of Word. You use them to determine the way that your text should appear. This tip explains how you can define styles or modify existing styles.

Keeping Styles from Changing in Shared Documents. Do the styles in your documents keep changing when other people edit the document? Here are some ideas to check to minimize the chances of this happening.

Turning Off Style Modification Prompting. Some of the messages displayed by Word can be a nuisance. If you see a "Modify Style" message appearing when you try to apply styles to text, turning it off may make your use of Word less bothersome.

Using Shortcut Keys with Styles. Shortcut keys are a great way to apply styles to text in a document. You can easily create a shortcut key assignment for any style you desire. This tip explains how.