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The Right Way to Change Word Styles to Direct Formatting

Using styles is a great way to ensure consistent formatting in a Word document. But, here’s a way to turn these styles into “direct” formatting.

April 21, 2025 · 13 min · J. David Stark
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Do You Make One of These Common Mistakes with Footnote Spacing?

Style manuals often require that footnotes have a blank line between them. There are two common mistakes about how to get this blank line.

December 6, 2023 · 4 min · J. David Stark
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How to Quickly Create a Dynamic Table of Contents

Tables of contents can consume much more time than they should. But Word can create tables that automatically update with your document.

May 23, 2022 · 6 min · J. David Stark
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The No-fail Way to Space Footnotes

Style manuals often require that footnotes have a blank line between them. The best method for achieving this spacing is to edit the footnote style.

April 20, 2020 · 3 min · J. David Stark
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What You Need to Know about Editing Tables of Contents Styles

To follow the “Student Supplement for The SBL Handbook of Style,” there are three key steps to editing the styles for your table of contents.

February 24, 2020 · 3 min · J. David Stark
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What You Need to Know about Formatting Tables of Contents

It’s not immediately clear how to customize some formatting for tables of contents. The key to make the formatting “stick” is to modify its styles.

February 17, 2020 · 3 min · J. David Stark