I actually owned this feature when it shipped in the 90s. I would suggest that the faster way to do this is to apply the default Heading 1, Heading 2, etc. styles and then modify those styles' formatting to look like you want. That way all the plumbing is already set up for list level, etc... all you need to do is to make it look pretty. Also, there's a keyboard shortcut to promote/demote list level aka change the list level up and down by pressing ++ (promote) and ++ (demote). Simple example... you type your first main heading and you want to apply Heading 1 style to it. Put the cursor in that paragraph and press ++. Done.
@shanselman4 ай бұрын
awesome!!!
@nburaq4 ай бұрын
Always high quality classy content.Thanks again!
@DenatusDotCom4 ай бұрын
Another great video about Word. I love how you break down the problem into smaller pieces and solve them one by one, explaining as you go.
@shanselman4 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@kylejdoyle3 ай бұрын
The KZfaq thumbnail face on this one... A+
@cathychoi6959Ай бұрын
So glad I watched this high-quality tutorial!!!thank you
@dnwheeler4 ай бұрын
I wish there was some way to prevent users from randomly formatting or indenting text without using styles. It can take hours to fix a document that someone has manually formatted and indented. For business documents, official templates should be defined and used for all documents of the same type.
@pandie_me2 ай бұрын
All I can say is, thank you. 🙏
@DwayneSelsig4 ай бұрын
Thank you, Scott, for the informative video! I've experienced some challenges using Copilot with Microsoft Word, particularly when it came to integrating my company's specific formatting. It became clear after reviewing our document templates where the problem lay. While Microsoft is concentrating on security, encouraging us to carefully check document permissions, I think there's also a need to focus on the visual aspects of document creation. Microsoft should also offer guidance on ensuring that Office templates (not just those for Word) meet company branding standards. This would help Copilot produce secure and beautiful documents (and presentations).
@Mygoogleaccount-gr2qfАй бұрын
Thanks alot
@maradasa9854 ай бұрын
Great vid Scott, as always, next one should be about how to create those thumbnails and how it affects the algorithm XD
@shanselman4 ай бұрын
😂
@Mary-g2j6hАй бұрын
Scott, if you use the styles in the list, such as H1 and H2, anywhere else in your document, will it automatically create a multi-level list?
@NazmusLabs4 ай бұрын
Thank you! I have been trying to figure this out since my freshman year in high school 😅 I loved the outline workflow, but as soon as I would switch to the print layout, it would all look wrong. May Allah (S.W.T.) bestow upon you His Blessings and Guidance; Ameen.
@NeoChromer4 ай бұрын
Hey @shanselman could you please talk to someone to improve the performance of windows 11 ?
@LewisCowles4 ай бұрын
What is the use-case for this? I Feel like I just found out how to do something, that I've no idea why I would do?
@shanselman4 ай бұрын
The used case is when creating documents that are 30 to 100 pages long, huge dissertations or novels, to be able to step back and collapse their outlines
@terrakio4 ай бұрын
😮
@DonReba4 ай бұрын
I wish Microsoft thought this was how to use Word, but the "styles" functionality and the UI for it has not changed since 2007, at least. It has tons of very frustrating limitations.
@LordHog4 ай бұрын
Just give me Office 97, it all one needs. No fancy ribbon interface and no additional fluff
@Makumbi4 ай бұрын
When the ribbon came out, it was Scott who schooled me that changes in office and windows weren't targeted for older users but rather to drive adoption in newer users. It hurt but at least there was/is a reason.
@krccmsitp28844 ай бұрын
@@Makumbi It would've been great to have the choice between the two.
@Makumbi4 ай бұрын
@@krccmsitp2884true. Even the option not to upgrade has been taken.
@NazmusLabs4 ай бұрын
@@krccmsitp2884I have found a way to sort of re-implement Office 2003 style UI in the latest version of office, by the help of Allah (A.W.J.). It honestly looks gorgeous, is compact, and easy to use, Alhamdulillah. I can share it if you are interested… May Allah (S.W.T.) guide you and bestow upon you His Blessings; Ameen.
@tj23754 ай бұрын
I might be wrong but I think Office 97 already had the concepts shown here, just the UI was a little different.
@gower19734 ай бұрын
I really wish Microsoft would stop cluttering up the applications with these useless UI, its like the last twenty years never happened, three toolbars at the top of the screen, a crap ton of icons in horizontal and vertical and of different sizes, old and new ui dialogs randomly all over the shop, what a nightmare
@tj23754 ай бұрын
That's why Microsoft Word is a horrible program. The fundamental concepts to work efficiently are hidden in a way no one knows about them and what is accessible to the user is endlessly manually formatting.
@StuartSands4 ай бұрын
Not at all. This is why you take a little time to learn your tools - whatever they may be.