When writing in MS Word or Open Office Writer, have you noticed a feature called Styles? If not, check it out and start using it immediately: Styles is surely the most under-appreciated, underused miracle of word-processing software.
'Styles' is a stupid name for this amazing tool. 'Styles' suggests a design feature. The word 'styles' in various closely allied contexts offers us a choice of using plain, bold, italics, underlining or capitals for text.