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I think this is the right exchange for this.
I've got an outline for a policy document I'm drafting. When I'm typing the name of a particular heading, if I hit enter, I want the next line to be the same heading level style that I'm currently using. From there, if I Tab or Shift + Tab, I can promote or demote as I like.
However, if I'm in a heading style and I hit backspace once, I want to keep my exact formatting but lose the heading formatting. How do I set that up?
Edit: pictures for illustration
Here I have one heading. Note the grey triangle.
If I press enter once, it creates a new heading, which I want.
After I then press backspace once, it removes the numbering but keeps the heading, which I don't want.
I want it to get rid of the number and the heading, but keep everything else the same.
John Doe
Posted 2019-05-10T15:46:19.350
Reputation: 159
Have you already configured the style so that Enter sets "the next line to be the same heading level style that I'm currently using"? – P Fitz – 2019-05-10T15:53:46.467
Regarding the main question, do you want backspace to clear the formatting on a blank line? In other words, do you want backspace to clear formatting instead of deleting the new paragraph you just created? Could you include a screenshot of the scenario you are describing with paragraph/formatting marks showing (use CTRL + * to toggle them) and an indication of the cursor position? – P Fitz – 2019-05-10T15:58:44.280
@PFitz I edited the question, hopefully the pictures make sense. Let me know if they're not clear. – John Doe – 2019-05-10T18:15:09.933
@PFitz Have you had a chance to take a look at this? – John Doe – 2019-05-13T15:04:33.103
Are you looking to have new line change it's actual formatting, the style tag, or both? Either way, each of the styles being shown in the quick access toolbar is already mapped to a shortcut key so using that would be roughly same number of keystrokes. – P Fitz – 2019-05-14T02:04:14.610
Just create a new style and assign a shortcut key to it. The result of selecting backspace is not a modifiable action. It does what it does (removes the numbering but keeps the heading). If you hit backspace again, it removes the previous paragraph mark and moves the heading text to the line above it.
For shortcut keys linked to styles, I normally use Alt+[any character not used for other commands]. – MAK – 2019-05-14T15:13:09.417
I could've sworn that I've had Word documents where there's numbering/multilevel lists attached to headings that, when I pressed backspace, it kept the formatting but removed the headingness. It's possible I'm making it up, though. – John Doe – 2019-05-14T15:20:12.313