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11.1 Styles

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Using Styles
Corporate House Style

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Using Styles YOUR NOTES

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Styles
Styles
A style is a collection of formatting attributes, including font face, font size, font colour, text
alignment, and more
Styles ensure consistency in your document's formatting

Create and Modify Styles

To create a style, you select your desired formatting options and then save them as a new
style
You can modify a style by editing its formatting options and then saving the changes
Apply and Update Styles
Applying a style is as easy as selecting text and then choosing the desired style
When you update a style, all the text using that style in your document will reflect the
changes
Font Attributes
Font Face
This is the design of the text; examples include Arial, Times New Roman, and Calibri

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Font Type
Serif fonts have little feet or lines attached to the ends of their letters, while Sans-serif fonts
do not
Serif fonts are generally considered more traditional, and Sans-serif fonts are seen as
modern

Serif Sans-serif

Times New Roman Arial

Georgia Helvetica

Font Size and Colour

Font size is measured in points, with one point being 1/72 of an inch
Font colour can be any colour available in the software's colour palette

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Text Formatting
Text Alignment
Alignment refers to the positioning of text within a document
Options include left, right, centre, and fully justified (aligned to both the left and right
margins)

Text Enhancement
You can make your text bold, italic, or underline it to highlight important information

Spacing

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Bullets
Bullets are used for listing items - they can either be numbered or not
You can change bullet shape, alignment, line spacing, and indent

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a. Identify the paragraph formatting shown below

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Hanging indent paragraph [1]
b. Identify the paragraph formatting used for the second paragraph

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Indented paragraph [1]
c. Identify the alignment used in this paragraph

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Fully justified [1]
d. Identify the alignment shown below

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Right aligned [1]

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Corporate House Style YOUR NOTES

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Corporate House Style
What is a Corporate House Style?
A Corporate House Style refers to the consistent use of particular visual design elements
across a company's documents and communications
These design elements may include specific fonts, colours, logos, and layout styles
Purpose of a Corporate House Style
The primary purpose is to create a consistent and recognisable image for the company
It makes the company's documents and products instantly identifiable to clients or
customers
This consistency also streamlines the creation of new documents within the company by:
Reducing time and cost spent setting up and formatting documents
Reducing the risk of errors
Uses of a Corporate House Style
A corporate house style can be applied to a wide range of materials, including:
Business documents such as reports and letters
Marketing materials like brochures and advertisements
Digital content including websites and email templates
Product packaging

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The Medical Authority creates many different types of documents including letters
and memos. Each of them is produced using its corporate house style.
Explain why corporate house styles are required.
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Ensures consistency across all documents [1]
Lets people know that the stationery/documents belong to the same medical
authority [1]
To reduce the time spent in setting up and formatting documents [1]
To reduce the cost of setting up and formatting documents [1]
To reduce the risk of errors e.g. mis-spellings, logos omitted etc. [1]

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