Overview

Now that we’ve learned how to apply Styles, this section will show you how to change the visual appearance of your styles and keep a consistent and customized look to your document.

After completing this section, you will be able to:

• Modify Styles in Microsoft Word to suit your own personal tastes while maintaining accessibility.

Section Tasks:

• Watch the video demonstration on modifying styles.
• Modify styles in your own document

Modifying Styles in Word

Put It Into Practice

Use the Word Document of your choice (create something new or use an existing document). Modify styles to your personal taste using what you have learned.

Experiment with:

• Attaching a color to a style
• Spacing options
• Font family and size options

Test Yourself

For each Style modification you made, briefly explain why you made it. Explain how each of your modifications enhances usability for sighted users without sacrificing accessibility.