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title: "Styles and Templates"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
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# Styles and Templates
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) styling and templating refer to a suite of features (styles, templates, triggers, and storyboards) that allow an application, document, or user interface (UI) designer to create visually compelling applications and to standardize on a particular look for their product.  
  
## In This Section  
 [Styling and Templating](styles-templates-overview.md)  
  [How to: Find ControlTemplate-Generated Elements](how-to-find-controltemplate-generated-elements.md)  
  
## Reference  
 <xref:System.Windows.Style>  
  <xref:System.Windows.Controls.ControlTemplate>  
  <xref:System.Windows.DataTemplate>  
  
## Related Sections  
 [Advanced](../advanced/index.md)  
  [Control Customization](control-customization.md)  
  [Graphics and Multimedia](../graphics-multimedia/index.md)