Learn MS Word For Law Firms: Character Style Not Working - Not Really...

Scenario: Operator creates Character Style to take care of "Underscoring" defined terms. 1. As you know, if Defined Terms are Bolded or Underscored, it is best to use a Character Style for the attribute because it gives you more control over removing or modifying the attribute as needed. 2. Also, it is important to note that if the Defined Terms are using an attribute such as Bold or Underscore that you mark the Defined Terms first. You then apply the needed attribute (Bold/Underscore) to the term. By doing so, when you generate the Index, it will generate without the Bold or Underscore which is what you want. You only want the attributes within the body of the document not the generated index. 3. So, in my scenario, the operator tells me that although she has created a Character Style for the Underscoring of the Defined Terms, as she attempts to apply the Character Style it will not work. 4. After a lot of back and forth it was determined that although she created a Character Style, she simply named the Style but did not click on the Underscore Button "U" which is the only thing that the Underscore Character Style does. 5. Being that she never in essence established what the Character Style was supposed to do, each attempt at applying the style resulted in no change to the selected text. A common error that can be avoided by visually making sure that the intended attribute is in fact selected when creating the Character Style. One of the very few training Top-Tier Legal www.advanceto.com https://youtu.be/VDXsjrm6QSA