Writer Guide

Creating the PoemHeading style
Create a new PoemHeading style. Use the same procedure as before,
with these changes:
• Next Style: Select Poem, not PoemHeading.
• Linked with: Heading.
The dialog box should look like Figure 192.
Figure 192: Settings for the PoemHeading style
Now set the settings of the new style:
1) On the Alignment page, select Center.
2) On the Font page, choose Bold and size 14pt.
Click OK to save the new PoemHeading style.
Sample poem
It is a good idea to test out your new styles and see if you are happy
with them. Typing a poem using the styles we have just defined should
produce the results in Figure 193.
Changing the formatting of your styles
One of the main advantages of styles is that they allow the document
formatting to be changed after the content has been written. For
example, suppose you have written a 100-page book of poetry. Then
you decide you don’t like the way the poems look after all. Or, perhaps,
your publisher doesn’t like it.
To learn about reconfiguring styles, we add an indentation to the Poem
style instead of centering it.
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