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This should open the Styles menu or panel. Click it at the top and drag it over to the left side of the page where it should lock into place.
Note how the styles are in alphabetical order.
To apply a style to some text - for example, to create bullet points, to make a heading 2 or 3, to apply italics or bold - highlight the relevant text and click on the appropriate style in the Styles menu.
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- click the cursor where you want the page to break
- go to the Insert tab in the top menu
- click the Page Break icon
Headings
Use We use the heading styles to give your a document a logical structure and help which helps users of assistive technology to navigate it. These are preset Headings are pre-set in the style panel:
The cover page has 2 header levels:
- front page main title
- front page second level (subhead)
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- use the headings in sequence : – a Heading 3 needs to be preceded by a Heading 2
- headings should be clear and concise and fit into a single line in the table of contents
- a page break will automatically be added before each new Chapter header
- the styles are set up to have create a space before and after text. Don’t headings or paragraphs – do not add extra paragraph returns to increase the space between headings or paragraphs
Table of contents
The table of contents should be the last thing you finalise in a document.
Do not enter the contents manually. They are automatically generated manually create a table of contents. The template automatically generates a table of contents as you work through the document.
The table of contents has been set up so that any text with the style Heading 1 and Heading 2 will be automatically included in the table of contents when it is updated.
To update the table of content right-click anywhere on it to open a dialogue box and select Update field.
This opens a further dialogue box with two options:
- if your table of contents is mostly finished and you just want to alter a few page numbers, select Update page numbers only
- if you have made major changes to the document and, therefore, to the contents, select Update entire table
The contents panel is an automated section, that generates by the correct use of header formatting in the report. Right-click on the first item in contents to populate the content panel or update the numbering.
Text boxes
Don't use manually generated text boxes. Use the style panel options:
Bullets and lists
Bullet points
Pre-set Preset styles have been created for bullet points. Remember bullet points:
- should be introduced by a sentence ending in a colon
- should continue the sense of the introductory sentencebullet (under paragraph)
- should not have a full stop or other punctuation at the end
- should not be a punctuated paragraph or contain more than one sentence
To add bullets within bullets i.e. 2 or more sub-bullets hanging from a bullet list, use the sub bullet point styling.
Numbered bullet list
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A numbered bullet list is to should be used when summarising the steps in a staged process. For example:I , to make a cup of tea by:
- Boiling boil the kettle.
- Putting put the teabag in the cup.
- Pour pour on boiled boiling water.
- Stir stir and add milk.
To restart the numbering, right-click in the paragraph and select ‘Restart at 1’ or ‘Set numbering value’.
Links
When creating hyperlinks:
- the text containing the link should be a specific description of the destination page
- don’t display the full URL and don’t use directional text such as ‘click here’
- don’t link to another doc such as a PDF, link to the page it sits on
- create your hyperlink in Word as normal and then apply Hyperlink in the style panel
Alternatively, paste the destination URL into the document and click a space and the link should automatically become live.
To add a live email address, cut and paste it into the template then click the space bar. The link should become live but if it doesn't, highlight the text and select Hyperlink from the Style menu.
Front cover image panel panel
The shaded area on the cover can be used for an image providing:
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