Now that you’ve learned about Styles in Word, you’ll see that Styles are embedded in most programs that are used to create electronic communications.

Styles in Outlook

To locate Styles in Outlook, create a new email message. In Office 365, you can find Styles under the “Format Text” heading.

Styles in Excel

To locate Styles in Excel, stay on the default Home heading. Styles is located in the fifth column. In addition to the same “Heading” and “Normal” styles we saw in Word, Excel also has pre-built styles for marking data.

Styles in Google Docs

Google Docs has more limited built-in Styles, but it does have them. Styles appear in a drop-down menu on the default ribbon. Select the drop-down arrow next to “Normal text” that appears between the Zoom drop-down menu and the Font-Family drop-down menu.

Styles in D2L

If you use the built-in HTML editor in D2L, it also has built-in Styles. You can find the HTML editor by either creating a file from the “Upload/Create” menu in Content, or by editing an existing HTML file. Styles are located in the second drop-down menu in the editor, between the “Insert Stuff” menu and the “Bold, Italics, Underline” menu.

Put It Into Use

Try finding and using Styles whenever you create electronic documents. In addition to making your documents more accessible, you are also making it easier for yourself to maintain a consistent look both within and across your documents!