This article explains how styles and lists control the presentation of the published specification.
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The styles in MS Word are layered. For example, a paragraph style is the underlying style for a line of text, and then character styles sit on top of it. Consider the example below:
Character styles
Along with some of the title styles, the above styles are the most common / obvious styles to change.
There are some other styles which are much more granular and may or may not be used sparingly.
A full list of styles is provided in the sections below:
Style name | Purpose |
chorus-section-header | Style main title of the section/ system. |
chorus-section-header-code | Style the code of the main section/ system. This allows codes to look different between sections and clauses within the section. |
| chorus-section-name | This captures the section title. This can be used with a ‘StyleRef’ field code to display the name separate from the number. |
chorus-section-end | Updates look and feel of the section end terminator. |
chorus-clause-title | Changes look and feel of published clause title. |
chorus-clause-code | Self-explanatory character style for clause codes. |
chorus-clause-group-title | Article/ clause group headings, i.e. CMS/NMS Parts, CAWS section headings and Uniclass clause types. |
chorus-clause-group-title-deleted | Revisions only. This style is used to style the header of the deleted clause list between two revisions. |
chorus-clause-title-deleted | Revisions only. Style for clause entries in the deleted clause section. |
chorus-cite-clause | Only visible in Uniclass - Work section specifications when publishing in Single System format.
Used to style any 'See' links in these documents which reference shared clauses. An example can be found in the standard template. |
chorus-shared-by | Applies to 'Uniclass - Work sections'. This styles the:
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chorus-clause-row | Underlying paragraph style for standard row. Changing this style will change the look and feel of the clause row number. Other styles in clause rows are managed through character styles.
Note this will not change the numbering style. See Lists section below – Lists for changing numbering style. |
chorus-clause-row-bullet | Underlying style for a clause row when clause has bulleted list style applied (determined by the platform).
For example, some Preliminaries sections have been developed to use bullets rather than numbers for clause rows. Changing this style will change the look and feel of the bullets. Sections A20 in UK - CAWS Preliminaries and PM_55 in Uniclass Preliminaries are like this.
Note that this will not change the bullet style. See 'Lists' section below; 'Lists for changing the bullet style'. |
chorus-clause-row-label | Figure 1, style used for rows which can have a row value. |
chorus-clause-row-title | Figure 1, style used for rows which can’t have a row value. |
chorus-clause-row-value | Figure 1, style used for clause row value text. |
chorus-clause-row-bullet-list-item | Granular style which is the standard paragraph style for a bulleted list within a clause row value.
Modifying this style will update the look and feel of the list bullets.
Note that this will not change the bullet style. See 'Lists' section below; 'Lists for changing the bullet style'. |
chorus-clause-row-numbered-list-item | As above, granular style which is the standard paragraph style for numbered lists within a clause row value.
Modifying this style will update the look and feel of the numbering.
Note that this will not change the numbering style. See 'Lists' section below; 'Lists for changing numbering style'. |
| chorus-application-info | The style applied to the text on the final page. |
| Chorus-compare-added | Shows text that has been deleted when publishing with ‘Detailed revisions’. By default, deleted text is red with a strikethrough. |
| Chorus-compare-deleted | Used by 'Detailed revisions' to show text that has been deleted. |
| Chorus-compare-row | Controls the row border in the right page margin to indicate a text change when publishing with ‘Detailed revisions’. |
| Chorus-compare-row-bullet | Controls the row border in the right page margin for a clause row when the clause has a bulleted list style applied (determined by the plafform). For example, some Preliminaries sections have been developed to use bullets rather than numbers for clause rows. Changing this style will change the look and feel of the bullets. Sections A20 in the UK CAWS Preliminaries and PM_55 in Uniclass Preliminaries are like this. |
| Chorus-compare-row-deleted | Controls the row border in the right page margin when the whole row has been deleted or parked. |
| Chorus-compare-row-none | Controls the row border in the right page margin when the row is not bulleted or numbered. |
| Chorus-compare-row-value-bullet-list-item | Controls the row border in the right page margin when the row value contains bulleted lists, e.g. the specifier has entered some text and styled it as a bulleted list. |
| Chorus-compare-row-value-numbered-list-item | Controls the row border in the right page margin when the row value contains numbered lists, e.g. the specifier has entered some text and styled it as a numbered list. |
List styles
The 'Default stylesheet templates' use pre-defined list styles to manage lists in a document. These list styles are essential to the publishing process, and are used by the publishing engine to output the document correctly.
Please note: manipulating lists is not recommended and should only be undertaken by advanced MS Word users.
The list styles can be found under the Multilevel List drop-down in the Paragraph tab on the Home toolbar:
Each of these list styles can be modified to manage the type of numbering or bullets which are output by the platform.
The list style dialog (right) can be accessed by hovering over a list style and right-clicking on 'Modify'.
It is important to note that the list styles should only be used for changing the numbering style. They should not be used for styling fonts, colour, etc. This is managed through the paragraph styles discussed in the styles section above.
Detailed video explanation of Lists (sound on):
A summary of the list styles mentioned in the above video:
List style name | Purpose |
chorus-clause-row-bullet-list | Bulleted list for special clauses which do not use numbered lists for clause rows (determined by the platform). Applies to: Uniclass Preliminaries section PM_55 UK – CAWS Preliminaries section A20.
Styling: makes use of chorus-clause-row-bullet for paragraph styling |
chorus-clause-row-list | Standard style for clause row numbering and most likely to be modified. Styling: makes use of chorus-clause-row style for paragraph styling. |
| chorus-clause-row-none-list | Used for 'Detailed revisions'. It removes the row number for a whole article or clause rows that were deleted. |
Chorus-clause-row-value-bullet-list | List style to manage numbering of numbered lists inside of clause row value.
Styling: makes use of chorus-clause-row-value-bullet-list-item style for paragraph styling. |
chorus-clause-row-value-numbered-list | List style to manage numbering of numbered lists inside of clause row value. Default numbering style follows numbering style.
Styling: makes use of chorus-clause-row-value-numbered-list-item style for paragraph styling. |
Table styles
The 'Default stylesheet templates' use pre-defined table styles to manage table presentation in a document. These table styles are used by the publishing engine to publish tables.
Related: Copying table styles into existing stylesheets
The table styles can be found by selecting the table in the 'Default stylesheet templates' and modifying the table styles in the Table Design toolbar:
List style name | Purpose |
chorus-table-colrow-headers | Table style used to control the presentation of tables when the first column and top row should be presented as headers. |
| chorus-table-first-column-as-header | Table style used to control the presentation of tables with only the first column as a header. |
| chorus-table-top-row-as-header | Table style used to control the presentation of tables with only the top row as a header. |
chorus-table | Table style used to control the presentation of simple tables without any headers. |
| chorus-schedules-table | Table style used to control the presentation of 'Schedules'. |