
Select text in your document that has the style applied, such as Heading 1. If you have text in your document that already has a style applied, you can change the formatting of that text and apply it to the style in the Styles gallery. Modify a style manually in the Modify Style dialog box Modify a style by updating it to match formatting in your document You can modify an existing style in the Styles gallery in two ways: To learn more, see Apply a style to text in Word. To apply a style, simply select the text you want to format, and then click the style you want in the Styles gallery. The styles covered in this article are located in the Styles gallery, a visual menu located on the Home tab. You can also select formatted text in your document to create a new style in the Styles gallery. You can change the formatting (such as font size, color, and text indentation) in styles applied to titles, headings, paragraphs, lists, and so on. If you want formatting choices that are not available from the built-in styles and themes available in Word, you can modify an existing style and customize it to suit your needs. This lesson is from our complete Word tutorial, titled Mastering Word Made Easy v.2019 and 365.You can use styles to quickly apply a set of formatting choices consistently throughout your document. To close the Reveal Formatting pane, click the X button in the upper-right corner of the pane. To hide or show all formatting marks, regardless of the number of text selections, check or uncheck the Show all formatting marks checkbox. The formatting differences between the two selections then appear in the Formatting differences box in the center of the pane. The newly selected text then appears in the second text field. You may also see additional formatting groups, like Bullets and Numbering, Table, or Cell appear for selected text that contains bullets or numbering or exists within a table, too.Īnother text field then opens, and you can then click and drag to select the text within the document to which to compare the initially selected text. Note that the specific formatting is contained within expandable and collapsible groupings for Font, Paragraph, and Section. The texts formatting appears in the Formatting of selected text box in the center of the pane. In the Style Inspector pane, click the Reveal Formatting button to open the Reveal Formatting pane. To open the Style Inspector pane in Word, click the Style Inspector button at the bottom of the Styles pane.
