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- | ====== Understanding and Using Styles====== | ||
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- | This section will explain why we use styles, and show you how to apply them to your document. | ||
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- | We consulted with DAISY and our own testing and development in creating these guidelines. This documentation is designed to create the most accessible ebook. | ||
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- | =====Why styles===== | ||
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- | We use the '' | ||
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- | Styles allow readers to change how the formatting is presented. | ||
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- | For example, a reader can change the thickness of a bolded word if it has been marked up with the '' | ||
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- | If direct formatting is used, readers can't change the content in a way that works for them (e.g. they are unable to load their own style set). | ||
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- | There are few exceptions to this rule. We use direct formatting for: | ||
- | * [[public: | ||
- | * superscript/ | ||
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- | * [[public: | ||
- | A style is a set of formatting characteristics applied to content. | ||
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- | Always use styles in the '' | ||
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- | Only use the style pane as directed in this wiki to apply styles to ensure the etext is accessible (unless otherwise instructed). | ||
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- | Styles also give a hierarchical structure to a document’s content. With styles applied, assistive technology can, at the command of the user, jump to the desired part of the document (heading, table, list, images, links, etc.). | ||
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- | By applying this type of formatting, people who have low vision may be able to access and read documents as quickly and as efficiently as those who have good vision. | ||
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- | The image below illustrates how readers using assistive technologies can navigate a document using styles, moving between navigational points, lists, images, and tables. | ||
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- | * TAB characters used to provide indentation | ||
- | * Multiple Paragraph ‘Return’ characters (¶) used to provide spacing between paragraphs | ||
- | * Newline breaks (↵) | ||
- | * Multiple SPACE characters | ||
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- | If any of this exists in the document, then it is not properly formatted with styles. You will need to remove these spaces. See [[public: | ||
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- | ====Applying & Changing Styles==== | ||
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- | Once you have Word set up properly, and all the formatting cleared, you will be able to begin applying styles to the document as per the guidelines in this wiki. | ||
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- | The first step is to clear all formatting in the document: | ||
- | * Make sure the '' | ||
- | * Select all of the text | ||
- | * '' | ||
- | * '' | ||
- | * Select the '' | ||
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- | To Apply Styles: | ||
- | * First select the text you want to apply a style to | ||
- | * Then select the appropriate style in the '' | ||
- | * Now that text will be in the selected style | ||
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- | The common styles used are: | ||
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- | * Normal | ||
- | * Heading (1-6): for more information on headings go to [[public: | ||
- | * Quote (see [[public: | ||
- | * Caption (see [[public: | ||
- | * Citation (see [[public: | ||
- | * Emphasis and sometimes Strong (see [[public: | ||
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- | * Select section you need to fix | ||
- | * Clear all formatting using the Style Pane | ||
- | * Reapply the correct style | ||
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- | <note tip>You can select '' | ||
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