Modifying styles

When you first install Write, several styles are already defined, including "Normal" and some "Headings", as you can see immediately if you click on the arrow in the Styles drop-down box. You can modify these styles, as well as create your own (see Creating new styles), to suit your own requirements.

To modify an existing style:

  1. Select Styles from the Format menu. The "Styles" dialog is displayed.

  2. Select the style you want to modify. Note that a description of the selected style, which includes details of fonts and paragraph settings, appears at the bottom of the dialog.

  3. Click on the Modify button.

  4. Choose the paragraph and font settings you want for the style (or, if it's a character style, just the font settings). See Paragraph formatting using the menus and Formatting text using the menus for more details.

  5. On returning to the Styles dialog, check the Character Style box if you want the current style to be a character style.

  6. Select a combination of Alt, Ctrl, Shift and Keyboard character as the style shortcut.

Click on the Apply button to put the style into effect. If you don't want to apply the style immediately, then close down the dialog and select the style from the Styles drop down menu when you are ready to apply it.