Try using styles in Word, it gets you the equivalent of class and tag name selectors. The UI for it is quite buried in pre-ribbon versions of Word, but there are useful defaults and you can somewhat-easily define your own inline (= character) and block (= paragraph) styles.
That's what I mean though. When you're used to having all of your styles in a simple, flexible text file, it's tedious at best to have to navigate a labyrinth of Windows dialogs.
And what's the deal with employers demanding Word docs? More than a couple times I've been told to re-submit a resume in .doc format when I provided a high-quality, preflighted PDF (which is a nice thing to have when you're applying for design positions: embeddable fonts). Dice.com only permits .doc uploads. This meant at least an hour trying to scrap together a suitable Word doc with similar layout and styling.
Hope it's a while before I have to worry about this stuff again :^)
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Try using styles in Word, it gets you the equivalent of class and tag name selectors. The UI for it is quite buried in pre-ribbon versions of Word, but there are useful defaults and you can somewhat-easily define your own inline (= character) and block (= paragraph) styles.
That's what I mean though. When you're used to having all of your styles in a simple, flexible text file, it's tedious at best to have to navigate a labyrinth of Windows dialogs.
And what's the deal with employers demanding Word docs? More than a couple times I've been told to re-submit a resume in .doc format when I provided a high-quality, preflighted PDF (which is a nice thing to have when you're applying for design positions: embeddable fonts). Dice.com only permits .doc uploads. This meant at least an hour trying to scrap together a suitable Word doc with similar layout and styling.
Hope it's a while before I have to worry about this stuff again :^)