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Adding a new style to a template
You should only do this to someone else's template in exceptional circumstances, or if you are adapting a template to suit your own purp
Example: Creating a "bibliography" style with a second-line (hanging) indent

How to do it
1. Open a document which uses the template in question.

2. Go to "format" and "style"

format style .

3.  Select "new"
new_style

4.  Change the highlighted "Style 1" to "Bibliography"

new style

5. Press "format", and select "paragraph"
  select paragraph

6.  Press the arrow at the end of the box underneath the word "special", and select "hanging", and in the box saying "by" type in 0.75 cm (the default setting is 1.27 cm)

special

7.  Press "OK". You will then get the following screen: check the "add to template" and make sure that the "automatically update" box is UNCHECKED.

add to

8.  Press OK.  On the next screen, press "apply"

apply

9.  Next time you type in a bibliographic reference, go to the "style box" at the top left hand side of the screen and select "bibliography"

bibliography

Your reference will automatically be formatted in the correct style. 

10.  When you next save and close the document, Word will ask you whether you want to save changes you have made to the template.  Say yes.

Further questions? Email me, or phone on 020 7326 8054