Formatting the content

After content is added as described in ' Adding content', it can be formatted in several ways. Formatting is done by applying styles to a given portion of content.

What are styles?

Styles are an arbitrary number of attributes applied to a block of content. A single attribute for instance can be 'bold' or 'italic' or a certain color. A group of attributes applied to the same block of content is making up a style. 'Block of content' in this context may be a consecutive number of characters or paragraphs.

HelpExpert distinguishes three general types of styles depending on the range they are valid for:

Making the above distinction saves storage space and makes it easier to maintain a document and its formats as described in more detail in the topics of this section.

See also

Adding content