| Imagine you have a long MS Word document | | | | - Modify... |
| containing all kinds of paragraph styles. What are | | | | - Delete... |
| you going to do if you'd like to indent all section | | | | - Update to match the Selection |
| headers SIMULTANEOUSLY by one tab to the | | | | Select the "Select All X Instance(s)" option to |
| right and then change their color to red? | | | | highlight every piece of text in your document |
| Obviously the Find-and-Replace functionality is of | | | | which has that paragraph style. |
| no help here. Yes, you can search for the | | | | Then click the right-indent button on your tool-bar. |
| paragraphs by their style but you need to type in | | | | All the headers will be shifted towards right by |
| a search word or phrase. And after finding the | | | | one tab space. |
| headers with that specific style and search words, | | | | Then click the Font Color button on your tool-bar |
| you cannot select them all simultaneously for a | | | | and select Red. All your headers will be converted |
| global edit. | | | | to red. |
| Tracking such headers from the TOC (Table of | | | | And you are done! Congratulations. |
| Contents) would also be very cumbersome and | | | | You can do a much more thorough edit by again |
| again impossible to select simultaneously. | | | | selecting all instances of a paragraph style. |
| There is a very easy method to accomplish that | | | | But instead of changing the style through the |
| in a hurry. | | | | tool-bar buttons, you can display the Modify Style |
| First display the Styles and Formatting pane of | | | | dialog box by selecting "Modify" from the |
| your document by selecting Format > Styles | | | | drop-down list of the paragraph style listed in the |
| and Formatting from your main menu. | | | | Styles and Formatting pane. |
| Select a paragraph style in the list. It will be | | | | Every change you make in that dialog box will be |
| framed with a dark blue box. | | | | reflected instantly in every instance of that |
| Bring your cursor on top of the style name to | | | | paragraph style. |
| display the drop-down menu arrow. | | | | CAUTION: If you select the "Add to template" |
| Click the arrow to display the following options: | | | | check box and then click OK, you'll make the |
| - Select All X Instance(s) | | | | changes a permanent part of your style sheet. |