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Subject:Re: WORD 97 - combining styles on one line From:Geoff Lane <geoff -at- GJCTECH -dot- FORCE9 -dot- NET> Date:Tue, 23 Jun 1998 16:14:31 +0100
James Bellomy wrote:
>My style guide requires use of a heading followed by paragraph text on
>the same line.
>
>Is there any way to place two styles on the same line. I would like
>have a heading style followed by body text style and be able to use the
>automated TOC function.
>
>Only answer I have found is to manually format headings, bookmark them,
>and link from my TOC.
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My preferred method to set the heading end-of-paragraph mark as hidden text.
Doing this means that both the heading and its following paragraph keep
their respective styles, they appear on the same line, and only the heading
appears in the TOC.
To do this:
1. Display paragraph marks.
2. Highlight (select) the paragraph mark at the end of the heading.
3. Press [Ctrl+Shift+H] (this key combination toggles the hidden text
attribute).
4. Hide paragraph marks.
5. Smile with deep joy<g>
One word of warning -- some software (e.g. HTML Transit) will un-hide the
paragraph mark on translation. However, you should be safe if you only want
to access the document via Word.
HTH,
Geoff Lane
geoff -at- gjctech -dot- force9 -dot- net
