Styles

Styles

What is a 'House Style'?

Basically a house style is a set of rules which state 

how all documents and written communication from a

a business should be formatted.

It will govern things such as:

- the colours to be used

- the font style and size

- where the logo should appear

- whether text should be right, centre or fully

               justified.

- how the address and contact details should

be presented.

House styles are needed:

- To ensure consistency across all documents

- To support brand recognition (people know the 

documents belong to a particular organisation)

-To reduce the amount of time staff spend setting up

 and formatting documents

- To reduce the risk of mistakes e.g. address being 

misspelt, logo being omitted.

 

Lists

Bulleted and numbered lists can be used in your documents to format, arrange, and emphasize text. 

To create a list:

-Select the text you want to format as a list.
-Click the Bullets or Numbering drop-down arrow on the Home tab.

-Select the bullet or numbering style you want to use, and it will appear in the document.

-To remove numbers or bullets from a list, select the list, then click the Bullets or Numbering commands.

When you're editing a list, you can press Enter to start a new line, and the new line will automatically have a bullet or number. 

When you've reached the end of your list, press Enter twice to return to normal formatting.

Bullet options

To use a symbol as a bullet:

-Select an existing list.

-Click the Bullets drop-down arrow.

-Select Define New Bullet from the drop-down menu.

 The Define New Bullet dialog box appears.

-Click the Symbol button. The Symbol dialog box appears.

Lists