How to Create a New Style in Microsoft Word

Sep 14, 2020 · 3 minute read

If you want to have your desired setting for font paragraph and other characteristics, you can identify a new style for your document.

For creating a new style you should follow these steps;

How to Create a New Style;

1- Click on the Home tab.

2- In the Style part, click on the arrow.

3- Click on the “Create a Style”.

4- Choose your desired name.

5- Click on the Modify.

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In the “Create New Style from Formatting” you can see the name which you chose in the Name part.

In the Style type part, you can choose the different type according to your need.

Click on the Dropdown menu and choose the desired type, for each type you can specify specifics format and setting. For more advance setting, you can click on the format tab.

here we are going to explain them.

Paragraph

In this part, you can specify your desired setting for Font, Paragraph, Tabs, Border, Language, Frame, Numbering and Text Effects.

you can find font and style and colour and space between lines and indention in this dialogue.

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For advanced setting click on the Format.

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Character

In this type, you can specify Font, Border, Language and text effects.

In this dialogue box, you can change font and colour and style of the font and for advance setting, you can click on the Format key.

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Linked

In this type, you can specify your desired setting for Font, Paragraph, Tabs, Border, Language, Frame, Numbering and Text Effects.

In the Formatting part, you can change font, size, style and colour and paragraph setting.

For advanced setting Click on the Format.

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Table

In this item, you can change Table Properties, Borders and Shading, Banding, font tabs text effect and paragraph for your table. Choose your desired setting in the formatting part and for advance, setting click on the Format key.

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List

In the List option, you can choose your desired font, colour, size and numbering format and text effect.

For advanced setting click on the Format.

You can find more about it in How to Create a Bulleted or Numbered List page.

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Formatting Section

In the Formatting part, according to the style which it was chosen. you can see different options for changing your text.

For advance formatting, you can click on the Format key. Specify the setting which you want.

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Preview Part;

Any change in your document will be shown in the preview window menu.

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By selecting “Add to the style gallery” box you will add your style to the style gallery.

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If you select “Only in this document” option the setting will be considered only for this document.

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If you select “New document based on this template” option, you will have this setting for each new document that you will create in the feature.

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6- After you specify all the setting click on Ok.

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