Monthly Archives: March 2002

If you frequently use styles (which you should) to format your documents or specify text levels for typesetting, you’re probably aware that you can press CTRL + SHIFT + S to activate the style list. (Then you can scroll through the list to get the style you need.) You may not be aware, however, that […]

Last week I discussed the evils of directly applied formatting but didn’t explain how to get rid of it. I know what you’re going to say: “Just press CTRL + A to select all and then press CTRL + SPACE.” That will remove it, all right. The problem is, it will also remove italics, bold, […]

If you use Microsoft Word, I guarantee you’ve been frustrated by its formatting, especially if you edit someone else’s documents. For example, you modify the Heading 1 style to use Palatino rather than Arial–but Arial it remains. What’s going on here? Consider my living room wall, which I daringly painted red. Then, coming to my […]