NOTE: Once you save the Word document you cannot delete the built-in sidebar since it is not really a part of the Word document but it is a “standalone supplement” to it. Play with it until you feel like you’ve got the right look. Sky is the limit to give the SIDEBAR exactly the look you like. (7) Turn off your gridlines and here is your new and improved document: (6) Enter your text both into the SIDEBAR and also the regular body text area on the right. (5) Change the background color, perspective, and other graphic features of your SIDEBAR text box by trying out many alternatives offered by MS Word’s formatting buttons and drop0-down menus: (4) Pull the top and bottom of the text bar to make sure it fits the top and bottom of the grid: (3) Click and select ALPHABET SIDEBAR text box (my personal preference) or any other sidebar text box you like. (2) Go to the INSERT tab and select TEXT BOX to display the pre-set text box designs: This will help you align the SIDEBAR more easily. OPTIONAL STEP: Turn on your gridlines by selecting the GRIDLINES check-box in the VIEW tab. For example, you can set up a style for headings thats bold, 14 points, aligned left, and uses the Tahoma font. A style is a set of formatting settings applied to a specific kind of text. (1) Create a MS Word 2007 or 2010 document. Microsoft Word styles make it easy to change and apply styles throughout a document. It doesn’t fully offer easy customization for non-tech-savvy users, however, so you will have to rely on either the website’s library or the creator community to design the specific style you want.MS Word 2007 and MS Word 2010 come with a number of impressive page layout features that perhaps you generally don’t expect from Word since it’s not known as a “page layout application” (like InDesign, QuarkXpress, or PageMaker).įor example, did you know how easy it is to add a very stylish SIDEBAR to your technical document by using MS Word 2007 or MS Word 2010? While the changes you implement will only show on your computer, it’s still a fun program to try out if you don’t like a certain website’s look. For decoration loversĪll in all, Stylish is a great tool for anyone who likes personalizing their web browsers.
However, this feature isn’t recommended for users who have no knowledge of CSS code editors.
Similarly, you can create your very own design by choosing “Create New Style” on the three dots’ menu. To see all installed designs, click the button with the three dots on the top-right corner of the window and choose “Manage All Styles.” This will bring you to a separate webpage containing your style collection, letting you easily edit, update, or delete them. Take note that the pop-window only displays choices for the website you’re currently on. The Styles pane will appear on the ride side of the screen, displaying a list of every style in Word. Click the Styles Pane icon on the right side of the toolbar. Afterward, you can now see the style under the Installed tab, where you can quickly enable and disable it. This is the first tab in the toolbar at the top of the screen.
To install a style, simply choose your preferred design under Library and click “ Install Style” on its option-and if you’re on the Userstyles website, just open up the design’s page and click the same button there. The pop-up window has two tabs: Library and Installed. This will open up where you can continue looking for the right design. If you want to check out more options, click “Find more styles for this site” underneath the pop-up window. Here, you’ll see the top 6 available themes for the website you’re on. Click on the add-on’s icon on your browser toolbar to open its menu. To start using Stylish, you first have to go to a website whose design you’d like to change for your browser. You just have to install the extension and then you can pin it to your toolbar to easily enable and disable designs. Thus, this browser extension helps a lot since you don’t have to visit its website every time you want to change something. The webpage styles may simply change just one web page or all of the pages on a domain, so if you like multiple customized sites, you’ll have to apply several designs.