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Apply a style

By default, the following styles are applied in the document:

  • Normal: To the main text of the document.
  • Header and footer: To the text of headers and footers.
  • Footnote and Endnote: To the text of the corresponding footnotes.

To properly arrange the structure of the document, you should manually apply the Heading 1-5, Subtitle, and Title styles to the appropriate text elements.

tip

The heading style is automatically applied to both the text and the heading number.

To apply a style:

  1. Select one or more paragraphs you want to apply a style to, or select a part of such a paragraph, or place the cursor in it.
  2. Select a style in one of the following ways:
    • On the Home tab, in the Styles group, select a style from the displayed styles, or click the t_more button and select a style from the list.
    • Open the Styles pane and select the style from the list.
    • Open the Quick actions pane and select a style from the list.

The style that is applied to the selected paragraph:

  • Is framed on the Home tab, in the Styles section.
  • Is checked in the Styles pane and in the Quick actions pane.