Different fonts, colors, and formatting give each of your documents their own style.
Word has a great feature called Styles, in fact, that can help you achieve a more professional
look, and try on different looks at the click of a button.
How does it work?
Start by selecting or just placing your cursor next to a line of text.
Then go to the Styles group.
Right now, I'm using Normal, but I can hover over some of the other styles to see a preview
of what they look like.
For the full list, click the arrow here.
And, this being the title of my document…
I really think Title looks the best.
For the next line of text, I'm going to use Subtitle.
And last, I'd like to choose a heading.
Let's go with Heading 1.
I think this looks great, but, believe it or not, there's more than one Style Set to
choose from - this is just the default.
Each Style Set contains a unique combination of titles, headings, and text that you can
change to and from instantly.
Just go to Change Styles, Style Set, and mouse over each one to see what they look like.
How about Elegant?
I really do like this, but I think the title's a little too big - it's getting covered up
by the picture on the right.
To modify a style, all you have to do is find it in the Styles group, right-click, then
Modify.
You can give it a new title if you want, but I'm just going to change the font size from
36 to...
32.
Perfect!
You can also create a new Style from scratch.
How about a new heading?
Just click the tiny arrow here,
the New Style button at the bottom,
then enter a name for your style.
You can choose any formatting you like.
I'm going to go with a new font,
size,
bold,
and this light brown.
Click OK, close this, and not only is it applied to your document - it's in the list of Styles
too.
It's amazing how easy it is to change the entire look and feel of your document, just
by using Styles.
Try experimenting, find something you like, or create your own!