WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:07.940 --> 00:00:12.410 Word has a great future called styles that you can use to control the 00:00:12.410 --> 00:00:17.320 fonts, colors, and formatting of your document. You can use this feature to get 00:00:17.320 --> 00:00:22.050 a more professional look and try out different looks at the click of a button. 00:00:22.050 --> 00:00:26.529 So, how does it work? Start by selecting or just placing your cursor 00:00:26.529 --> 00:00:30.850 next to a line of text then go to the Styles group on the Home tab. 00:00:30.850 --> 00:00:35.500 Right now I'm using the Normal style but I can hover over some of the other 00:00:35.500 --> 00:00:38.940 styles to see a preview of what they look like. 00:00:38.940 --> 00:00:43.480 For the full list, click the drop-down arrow here. 00:00:43.480 --> 00:00:49.080 And since this is the title of my document I really think Title works the best here. 00:00:50.230 --> 00:00:54.180 I'm just going to move to the next line of text by pressing the down arrow on 00:00:54.180 --> 00:01:00.079 the keyboard, and for this line I'm going to use Subtitle 00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:03.130 Last I'd like to choose a heading. 00:01:03.130 --> 00:01:06.020 Let's go with Heading 1. 00:01:06.020 --> 00:01:11.860 I think this looks great, but believe it or not there's more than one style set to choose from 00:01:11.870 --> 00:01:16.600 Each style set contains a unique combination of titles headings and text 00:01:16.600 --> 00:01:19.900 that you can change to and from from instantly. 00:01:19.900 --> 00:01:25.940 Just go to the Design tab and click the More drop-down arrow in the Document Formatting group. 00:01:25.990 --> 00:01:31.310 There are a variety of formats to choose from. Some are more formal and each one has 00:01:31.310 --> 00:01:37.770 a different look and feel, so try a few and see which one works best for your document. 00:01:37.770 --> 00:01:41.040 How about this one? 00:01:41.040 --> 00:01:45.100 You know, I really do like this but I think the title is a bit too big. 00:01:45.100 --> 00:01:53.300 To modify a style, all you have to do is find it in the Styles group, right-click, then Modify. 00:01:53.310 --> 00:02:01.200 You can give it a new name if you want but I'm just going to change the font size. 00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:03.060 It's important to understand that 00:02:03.060 --> 00:02:08.840 when you modify as style you're changing every instance of that style in the document. 00:02:08.850 --> 00:02:13.480 This means you can use styles to change several things at the same time. 00:02:13.480 --> 00:02:19.210 For example, since the text here uses the Normal style we can easily change the 00:02:19.210 --> 00:02:23.650 text size for all of it without selecting each paragraph. 00:02:23.740 --> 00:02:31.920 If your document has a lot of text, this technique can really save you a lot of time and effort 00:02:31.930 --> 00:02:35.430 You can also create a brand new style from scratch. 00:02:35.430 --> 00:02:37.900 Just click the tiny arrow here 00:02:37.900 --> 00:02:40.580 than the New Style button at the bottom. 00:02:40.580 --> 00:02:43.670 Enter a name for your style. 00:02:43.670 --> 00:02:49.000 You can then choose any formatting your like. I'm going to go with a new font, 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:52.080 a bigger font size, 00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:54.540 bolding 00:02:54.540 --> 00:02:57.250 and this blue color. 00:02:57.600 --> 00:03:00.150 Click OK. 00:03:00.340 --> 00:03:02.340 Close this. 00:03:02.340 --> 00:03:09.460 And now, not only is the style applied, but it's in the list of styles to choose from. 00:03:09.470 --> 00:03:13.300 It's amazing how easy it is to change the entire look and feel of your 00:03:13.300 --> 00:03:17.960 document with just a few clicks. Try experimenting with styles to find 00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:19.970 something you like or create your own.