Defining Paragraph Styles

NVivo provides the following default paragraph styles:

You can edit these styles or create new ones to suit your requirements.  

This topic explains how to define paragraph styles in your current project. You can also define paragraph styles that will apply to all new projects — refer to Setting Application Options for more information.

You can use styles to quickly code structured documents— refer to Auto Code by Paragraph Style for more information.

Editing Paragraph Styles

To edit existing paragraph styles:

  1. On the File menu, click Project Properties.

  2. Click the Paragraph Styles tab.

  3. Select the style you want to edit.

  4. Set the required formatting.

  5. Click the Apply button.

Creating New Paragraph Styles

  1. On the File menu, click Project Properties.

  2. Click the Paragraph Styles tab.

  3. Click the New Style button.

  4. In the Name field, enter a name for the style.

  5. Set the required formatting.

  6. Click the Apply button.

 

Changes to paragraph style settings are applied to new items, they do not impact existing project sources. To change the styles for existing sources you can use find and replace, refer to Finding and Replacing Text in a Source for more information.

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