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Rackham has very specific requirements for most elements in your document. For example, your chapter titles and front matter titles (e. g., Dedication, Acknowledgements, etc.) need to be formatted in a particular way. Below is an example of how you can set that up using the Heading 1 style – please confirm your Heading 1 style with the Rackham guidelines to be sure nothing has changed and that we didn’t miss anything!
- On the Home Ribbon, in the Styles Group, right-click on the Heading 1 style and select Modify.
- In the Modify Style dialog box (see picture above), in the Formatting: section,
- Set the font to Times New Roman.
- Set the font size to 12 point.
- Set the text color to black.
- Center the text.
- Select single or double spaced lines.
- Click on the Format button in the bottom-left corner of the dialog box and choose Paragraph (see below).
- In the Indents and Spacing tab, type in 1 in. or 72 pt (these are equivalent values) in the Spacing Before: box. This adds the two-inch margin required for chapter titles (this one inch, then one inch from the margin). ** Please note that you must have a Section Break (Next Page) inserted before the title text for that extra inch to be added **
- Since the chapters and front matter have to start on a new page, you can build a page break into the style by going to the Line and Page Breaks tab and checking the box for Page Break Before.
Click OK until you are back to your document.
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Right-click the text on which you want to base a new style.
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In the mini toolbar that appears, click Styles, and then click Create a Style.
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In the Create New Style from Formatting dialog box, give your style a name and click OK.
Your new style will now appear in the Styles gallery.
Note: If you want your new style to appear in all new Word documents, right-click it in the Styles gallery, click Modify, and then select New documents based on this template at the bottom of the dialog box.
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Right-click the text on which you want to base a new style, point to Styles, and then click Save Selection as a New Quick Style.
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In the Create New Style from Formatting dialog box, give your style a name and click OK.
Your new style will now appear in the Styles gallery.
Note: If you want your new style to appear in all new Word documents, right-click it in the Styles gallery, click Modify, and then select New documents based on this template at the bottom of the dialog box.
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Styles give your document a consistent, professional look.
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Select the text you want to format.
Tip: If you place your cursor in a paragraph, the style is applied to the whole paragraph. If you select specific text, only the selected text is formatted.
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On the Home tab, point to a style to preview it.
If you don't see a style you want, click the More button
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Select a style.
Using Headings allows you to move parts of the document around by using View > Navigation Pane and then moving the listed headings up or down in the doc. Headings also can be used in creation of a table of contents.
Note: If you need a different look, go to Design > Themes and select a new one. Each Theme has its own set of Styles.
Use the Navigation pane in Word
Apply themes
Customize or create new styles in Word
Insert a table of contents