=====Setting Up Style Guides/Area in Microsoft Word=====

To help aid you with apply and checking your style formatting you can set up you word document to give a visual guide to show what styles are applied.

====Mac====

If you use a Mac operating system you have the option to turn on a colour-coded style guide.

To turn it on:
  * Open style pane
  * Select ''Show Style Guides'' it is a clickable option at the bottom of the ''Style Pane''

You will now see a coloured and numbered column to the left of the page that corresponds to the style applied to the page.

====Windows====

If you use a Windows operating system you will not have the option for a coloured style guide, but you can turn on a style area to track any applied styles in the document.

To turn on the style area:
  * Set your document view to either ''Draft'' or ''Outline''
  * Go to ''File>Advanced''
  * Scroll down to ''Display'' and locate ''Style Area Pane Width in Draft and Outline Views''
  * It will be set to ''0 cm'' change the number to ''.5 cm'' or a number of your choice.
  * Select ''Okay''

You will now see a column to the left of the document with written labels that correspond to the applied style.

<note>This will only be visible in ''Draft'' or ''Outline'' view</note>

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