• Styles
  • About Cascading Styles
  • About Style Modification
  • About Style Sheets
  • About Styles
  • Apply Style Dialog
  • Apply Styles Dialog
  • Delete Style Dialog
  • Font Tab - Format Style Dialog
  • Format Style Dialog
  • General Tab - Format Style Dialog
  • Load or Merge Style Sheet Dialog
  • New Style Dialog
  • Paragraph Borders and Shading Tab - Format Style Dialog
  • Paragraph Format Tab - Format Style Dialog
  • Paragraph Logic Tab - Format Style Dialog
  • Rename Style Dialog
  • Reset Style Properties Dialog
  • Save Style Sheet Dialog
  • Style Organizer Dialog
  • Tabs Tab - Format Style Dialog
  • Adding a Style to a Document
  • Changing the Format of a Style by Using the Style Sheet Command
  • Configuring a Style Using an Example Paragraph
  • Creating a New Style
  • Creating a Paragraph Style from Example Text
  • Creating a Style Using the Style Sheet Command
  • Deleting a Style
  • Managing Styles
  • Renaming a Style
  • Saving a Style Sheet
  • Using Styles and Style Sheets

New Style Dialog

Specifies the name of a new style and the existing style you want it based upon.

To access this dialog, on the Home tab, click Add Style.

New style name

Type a name for the style. Style names are case sensitive.

Based on

Type or select the name of an existing style on which to base the newly created style. If based on another style, the new style will be identical to the existing style when first created. For more on basing styles on other styles, see About Cascading Styles.

Click OK to create the style.

Once created, the style attributes can be modified by highlighting the style in the style list and clicking the Modify button. See Changing the Format of a Style by Using the Style Sheet Command.