A topic style is a set of formatting attributes that can be saved with a unique name, and repeatedly applied to topics. Topic styles are saved with the map, and can be saved in a Map Style for later re-use.
Topic styles can be applied and managed from the Topic Styles pane. You can also apply topic styles from the Format group on the Home tab.
Creating a named topic style makes a distinct set of formatting attributes easily available, and the topic style can easily be applied to many topics (in contrast to using the Format Painter, which is suited to copying the format from a single topic to another). The formatting of a topic style can be modified, and all topics using the style will reflect the new formatting.
The map's style, including its topic styles, can be saved in a Map Style and re-used on other maps.
What do you want to do?
On the Home tab, in the Format group, click Topic Style, then click Organize Topic Styles.
On the Status Bar, click Task Panes, then click Topic Styles.
If you want to use a set of formatting attributes for multiple topics, you can create a Topic Style from a topic that you've already formatted.
Format a topic with the attributes you want to use. These include the topic font, shape and color, alignment, size and margins, and subtopics layout.
On the Home tab, in the Format group, click the Topic Style arrow, and then click New Style From Selected Topic.
The new style will appear in the Topic Styles pane with a unique, generic name. You can rename, modify, or remove the style after it has been created.
You can access topic styles using commands in the Format group, on the Home tab or the Format tab, or from the Topic Styles pane.
Select one or more topics.
Do one of the following:
In the Topic Styles pane click the style you want to use for the selected topics.
On the Home tab, in the Format group, click the Topic Style arrow, then click the style in the gallery.
When you apply a style, any formatting you have already applied is not changed. If you want to topic to reflect only the formatting of the style you should first remove the topic's formatting.
Select one or more topics.
Do one of the following:
In the Topic Styles pane, under Selected Topic, click Clear topic style.
On the Home tab, in the Format group, click the Topic Style arrow, then click Clear Topic Style.
The topic will display the default Map Style formatting
In the Topic Styles pane click the style's arrow.
Click Select all topics that use this style.
You can manage topic styles from the Topic Styles pane.
Select a topic that uses the style you want to modify, and format it with the attributes you want to use.
Do one of the following:
In the Topic Styles pane, click the arrow for the style you want to change.
On the Ribbon's Home tab, click the Topic Style arrow.
Click Update Style to Match Selected topic.
The style will reflect the new formatting attributes, as will topics that use this style .
In the Topic Styles pane, click the arrow for the style you want to delete.
Click Delete.
The topic style will be removed from the Topic Styles pane, and topics that use this style will return to automatic formatting.
In the Topic Styles pane, click the arrow for the style you want to rename.
Click Rename.
Enter the new name for the style and click OK.
If you want to reuse the topic styles of the current map on other maps, you can create a Map Style from the style of the current map. The easiest way to do this is to add a new Map Style from the map.
When you create a new map using this style, or apply the style to an existing map, the topic styles will appear in the Topic Styles pane.
If you create a Map Template from the current map, the topic styles are saved as part of the template, and will be available when you create a new map using that template
Create and modify Map Templates
