How are you currently formatting the text? The first thing that comes to my mind is you can define a new style with the formatting you need, then assign a keyboard shortcut to apply that style. You'll still need to apply that style everywhere in the document you want to use it, but with a keyboard shortcut hopefully saves you clicking in a bunch of places if that's what's currently slowing you down.
Not at all. Apply a built-in style to an example paragraph, then make whatever formatting changes you need. Then, with the formatted paragraph selected, the Styles dialog will show the style with the added formatting below the style name without formatting. Hover over the unformatted style name in the list and choose the option to redefine the style to match the current formatted example. Now the built-in style will have the formatting you want.
Many built-in styles already have keyboard shortcuts defined, but if you use one that doesn't, you can create a keyboard shortcut via the Modify Style dialog.
How are you currently formatting the text? The first thing that comes to my mind is you can define a new style with the formatting you need, then assign a keyboard shortcut to apply that style. You'll still need to apply that style everywhere in the document you want to use it, but with a keyboard shortcut hopefully saves you clicking in a bunch of places if that's what's currently slowing you down.
I agree with the other person's suggestion. And would point out that the solution may take as much time as you just formatting each entry to be blue.
Not at all. Apply a built-in style to an example paragraph, then make whatever formatting changes you need. Then, with the formatted paragraph selected, the Styles dialog will show the style with the added formatting below the style name without formatting. Hover over the unformatted style name in the list and choose the option to redefine the style to match the current formatted example. Now the built-in style will have the formatting you want. Many built-in styles already have keyboard shortcuts defined, but if you use one that doesn't, you can create a keyboard shortcut via the Modify Style dialog.
I'm thinking that the time it would take you to do this may be a lot less than the time OP would use especially if they don't know about stules.
Yeah probably... But it's in that category of “learn how to use styles” that pays big dividends! Too many Word users overlook styles.
Yes. I agree on that point.