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Styles

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Video: Styles

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A style is a predefined combination of font style, color, and size that can be applied to any text in your document. Styles can help your documents achieve a more professional appearance.

Optional: Download our Lesson 29 Practice Document.

To apply a style:

  1. Select the text you want to format.
    Screenshot of Word 2013Selecting text to format
  2. In the Styles group on the Home tab, click the More drop-down arrow.
    Screenshot of Word 2013Clicking the More drop-down arrow
  3. Select the desired style from the drop-down menu.
    Screenshot of Word 2013Choosing a style
  4. The text will appear in the selected style.
    Screenshot of Word 2013The applied style

You can also use styles to create a table of contents for your document. To learn how, review our article on How to Create a Table of Contents in Microsoft Word.

To apply a Style Set:

Style sets include a combination of title, heading, and paragraph styles. Style sets allow you to format all elements in your document at once, rather than modifying each element separately.

  1. From the Design tab, click the More drop-down arrow in the Document Formatting group.
    Screenshot of Word 2013Clicking the More drop-down arrow
  2. Choose the desired Style Set from the drop-down menu.
    Screenshot of Excel 2013Choosing a Style Set
  3. The selected Style Set will be applied to your entire document.
    Screenshot of Word 2013The applied Style Set
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