How to use Style property in windows store app

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Step-1 :  Double-click MainPage.xaml in Solution Explorer to open it.
Step-2 :  In XAML or design view, add a TextBlock with some Text like " Greeting".
Step-3 :  In the Properties Window, Expand the Miscellaneous group and find the Style property.

Step-4 : Click the property marker next to the Style property to open the menu.
Step-5 : In the menu, select System Resource > BodyTextBlockStyle.

when your mouse pointer come to object(TextBlock), a blue outline shows where the TextBlock is so you can select it.

Complete Source code

<Page

    x:Class="App4.MainPage"

    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"

    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"

    xmlns:local="using:App4"

    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"

    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"

    mc:Ignorable="d">

    <Grid Background="{ThemeResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}">

        <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="184,216,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="Greeting" FontSize="20" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="44" Width="349" Style="{StaticResource BodyTextBlockStyle}"/>

    </Grid>

</Page>

Jacob
- April 09, 2015

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