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Headings make text stand out and help people scan your document.

The simplest way to add headings is with heading styles. Using heading styles means you can also quickly build a table of contents, reorganize your document, and reformat its design without having to manually change each heading’s text.

Select the text you want to use as a heading.
On the Home tab, move the pointer over different headings in the Styles gallery. Notice as you pause over each style, your text will change so you can see how it will look in your document. Click the heading style you want to use.

If you don’t see the style that you want, click the More button to expand the gallery.

Tip: You can change the font and formatting of a heading style. Just select the heading text you want to customize, modify its styles the way you want, and then on the Home tab, in the Styles group, right-click the heading style that you customized and click Update Heading to Match Selection. Every time you apply that heading style in your document, the heading style will include your customizations.

Styles can do a lot more, including a table of contents. Here’s a short video on why to write first and format later using Styles.

Headings can make text stand out and help people scan your document. The simplest way to add headings is to use heading styles.

Select the text you want to use as a heading.
On the Home tab, click the heading style you want to use.

If you don’t see the style you want, click a left, right, or down arrow to see more available styles.

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Word provides built-in styles for several different levels of headings and subheads—Heading 1, Heading 2, and so on. The styles define the font family, size, color, and more. While you can create your own styles and use those as headings, or adjust the formatting of headings look on the fly, you can also change the default styles if you want.

How to Customize a Heading Style

On the “Home” tab in Word, you’ll find some built-in styles in the “Styles” group, including the Heading 1 and Heading 2 styles.

You can right-click either of those heading styles and then select “Modify” to get started customizing them.

But Word also includes a bunch of other heading levels—nine in all. To see them, click the little arrow at the bottom right of the “Styles” group.

By default, the Styles window that opens shows only recommended styles, which is the same group Word shows on the Ribbon. To change that so you can see all the styles, hit the “Options” button.

In the Style Pane Options window that opens, open the “Select styles to show” drop-down, change it from “Recommended” to “All Styles,” and then hit “OK.”

The Styles window will now show all nine heading levels.

Right-click any of them and then choose “Modify” to start customizing the style.

Whether you started modifying a style from the Ribbon or the Styles window, the “Modify Style” window opens up, and the rest of the process is the same.

In the “Properties” section, you can rename the style, select the “Style Type” (only available for certain headings), base the style you’re editing off of another style, and even change the style for the paragraph that follows the heading. We’ll name our heading “Custom Style” and leave the rest alone since the default options are already pretty good for headings.

For the “Formatting” section, we’ll break it down into four separate pieces.

This section lets you modify the font type, size, and color. You can also apply bold, italics, or underline to your text. The drop-down menu on the right lets you choose the script type (like Latin or Asian).
This section lets you set your alignment and indention preferences.
This section shows you see a live preview of the changes.
This section shows a written description of your heading style.

The next bit in the Modify Style window lets you choose whether to add the style to the Styles gallery and whether to automatically update the style if you make manual adjustments to a paragraph in your document that uses that style (we don’t generally recommend using that option because it always leaves people wondering how their style got changed). You can also choose whether the style changes you’re making should apply only to the current document or should apply to new documents based on this template. Since the template your document is based on is likely Word’s main normal.dot template, choosing this option usually means changes will apply to all your documents.

If you’re unsure about any of these options, we recommend leaving them at their default settings. If you want to learn more about how styles work, check out our guide to mastering styles and themes.

Once you’ve made your choices, select “OK” to apply the modifications.

If you edited the name of the heading, you’ll see that change take place both on the Ribbon and in the Styles menu.

Now just select the style and start typing!

Apply and Customize Headings in Word Documents

by Avantix Learning Team | Updated April 19, 2022

Applies to: Microsoft^® Word^® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021 or 365 (Windows)

You can create headings in Microsoft Word documents by applying Word’s built-in heading styles (such as Heading 1 or Heading 2). After you have applied styles, you can modify them and change the font, size, color, and other formatting attributes so the entire document will update. Once you have applied heading styles, you’ll be able to navigate to the headings using the Navigation Pane and create a table of contents.

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Heading styles are very important because they create structure in your documents and are readable by screen readers or assistive technology programs used by people with vision impairments. They can also save you a lot of time formatting and reformatting documents.

In addition to creating structure, heading styles are also used to:

Generate a table of contents
Reformat a document using Style Sets
Navigate using the Navigation Pane (select Navigation Pane on the View tab in the Ribbon)
Rearrange a document using the Outline View
Create a structured PDF (portable document format) file with heading tags

Note: Screenshots in this article are from Word 365 but are very similar in previous versions of Word.

Creating headings by applying Word heading styles

To create or designate headings, you will need to apply the built-in heading styles in order (Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3, and so) to paragraphs. There are 9 levels of headings available in Word.

Heading styles are technically available as paragraph and character styles, but it’s important to apply them as paragraph styles to entire paragraphs. A paragraph in Word is anything with a hard return after it (you have pressed Return or Enter).

Heading styles are affected by your theme choices (overall theme, color theme, and font theme). You can change theme options using the Design tab in the Ribbon.

To create headings by applying heading styles:

Click in the paragraph (title or subheading) you want to designate or format as a heading.
Click the Home tab in the Ribbon.
Click the heading style you want in the Styles Gallery (such as Heading 1) in the Style group. You may need to click the More arrow on the bottom right of the Styles Gallery to view more styles and then click the style you want to use.

All available heading styles do not appear initially in the Styles Gallery. When you apply a heading level (such as Heading 3), an additional heading level should appear in the Gallery (such as Heading 4).

The Styles Gallery appears on the Home tab in the Ribbon and typically displays top level headings:

If you click the More arrow on the bottom right of the Styles Gallery, an expanded gallery appears:

Modifying or customizing heading styles using the Styles task pane

If you modify heading styles, every instance of the modified style will change in your document. Not only will this save time, but it will also ensure consistency. There are many ways to customize heading styles in Word. In this article, we will modify heading styles using the Styles task pane.

The Styles task pane appears with styles in the document (you can change this display by clicking Options at the bottom of the task pane):

To modify or customize a heading style:

Click the Home tab in the Ribbon.
Click the dialog box launcher (diagonal arrow) on the bottom right in the Styles group. You can also press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S. The Styles task pane will appear. If the task pane is floating, double-click the title bar.
Click in a paragraph using the style you want to modify.
Click the arrow to the right of the heading you want to modify in the Styles task pane and then select Modify from the drop-down menu. You can also right-click the heading style in the task pane and select Modify. A dialog box appears.
In the Modify Style dialog box, select the desired options such as font, font size, font color, alignment, and line spacing. Buttons in this dialog box are comparable to those in the Ribbon.
If you want to change some other formatting options (such as paragraph formats), select Format at the bottom of the dialog box and select other options from the drop-down menu.
Select Only in this document so that the style is modified in the current document only.
Do not select Automatically Update unless you want the document styles to update when a user changes heading formatting in the document. It’s typically best to leave this option unchecked.
Click OK or press Enter. The entire document will change unless a heading has been manually formatted (which overrides the style). You can simply reapply the style if this occurs.

The Modify Styles dialog box displays the style name, the type of style and options for modifying the style:

When you save the document, the modified styles are also saved.

Styles are the most important formatting feature in Word to automate formatting in longer documents. Heading styles also have the added benefit of creating structured documents and are integrated with several other Word features such as generated tables of contents.

This article was first published on May 15, 2021 and has been updated for clarity and content.

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This tutorial shows how to create headings in Microsoft Word. First, we’ll look at how to create headings using Word’s built-in styles. Then, we’ll look at how to customize Word’s built-in heading styles to your preferred font, font size, alignment, and color.

Table of Contents

How to Create Headings Using Word’s Built-In Heading Styles
How to Customize Word’s Built-In Heading Styles

Before jumping to the tutorial, let’s discuss the importance of using Word’s heading styles.

Why Are Heading Styles Important?

You can make any text in Word look like a heading by using a large font size. However, you won’t have access to several important features if you use a large font size rather than Word’s official heading styles. For example, Word’s heading styles help you perform the following tasks:

Create an automatic or custom table of contents
Create bookmarks in a PDF using Adobe Acrobat
Use Word’s outline feature
Use Word’s Navigation pane

Most importantly, screen reading software can identify your heading hierarchy based on Word’s styles. If you only use a large font size for headings, people who use screen readers will have less information about how your document is organized.*

This tutorial’s companion video shows all the steps in real time.

Watch more than 200 other writing-related software tutorials on my YouTube channel.

The images below are from Word for Microsoft 365. The steps are the same in Word for Microsoft 365 for Mac (a.k.a., Word for Mac), Word 2021, Word 2019, and Word 2016, and similar in Word 2013 (PC only).

How to Create Headings Using Word’s Built-In Heading Styles

The following steps show how to create headings using Word’s built-in styles.

Select the text you want to turn into a heading. (Or, move your cursor to a blank line where you want to type your new heading during the next step.)

Figure 1. Selected text

Select the Home tab in the ribbon.

Figure 2. Home tab

Select the appropriate heading level in the Styles group. (If you didn’t select existing text during step 2, type your new heading text after making your selection.)

Figure 3. Heading styles

Pro Tip: Word includes nine heading levels, although only a few will appear in your Styles group when you open a new document. Additional heading levels will appear after you use higher-level headings. For example, Heading 3 will appear after you use Heading 2.

The selected text will be formatted with the new heading style immediately.

Figure 4. Text with Heading 1 style

Deselect the heading and then press Enter (PC) or Return (Mac) on your keyboard to move your cursor to the next line. The heading formatting will automatically turn off.

5. Save your file to save your new heading.

How to Customize Word’s Built-In Heading Styles

The following steps show how to customize the built-in heading styles in an individual Word document.

There are many ways to change styles in Word. For this tutorial, we’ll stick with the basics: font, font size, emphasis (i.e., bold, italic, or underlined), color, alignment, spacing, and indentation.

Select the Home tab in the ribbon (see figure 1).
Right-click (PC) or Control-click (Mac) the heading level in the Styles group, and then select Modify from the shortcut menu.

Figure 5. Modify option

Make all necessary formatting changes in the Modify Style dialog box. Here are the eight basic modifications:

A. Font

B. Font size

C. Emphasis

D. Font color

E. Alignment

F. Line spacing

G. Spacing before and after

H. Indentation

Figure 6. Formatting options

(PC Users) Select Only in this document to ensure that your customized style is limited to your current document.

Figure 7. Only in this document option

(Mac Users) Ensure that Add to template is not selected to limit your customized style to your current document.

Figure 8. Add to template option (Mac)

Ensure that Automatically Update is not selected. (If Automatically Update is selected, you won’t be able to edit the styles of individual same-level headings.)

Figure 9. Automatically update option

Select the OK button.

Figure 10. OK button

Your changes will be applied to all existing text using the heading style you just customized.

Save your file to save your changes.

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*Visit “Make Your Word Documents Accessible to People with Disabilities” from the Microsoft Office Support website for an in-depth list of ways to make your document accessible to the widest audience.

Updated March 18, 2023

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While the standard Microsoft Word headings work well at focusing reader attention to important sections of your business documents, you can make further adjustments and tweaks to make them even more effective. Word enables you to choose between one of nine different, built-in heading styles. In addition, you can change the font family, font size, weight, alignment or color of an existing Word heading style.

Use Built-in Header Styles

Step 1

Launch Word and load the document you want to edit.

Step 2

Select the header text you want to change.

Step 3

Click the “Home” tab.

Step 4

Select the header style you want to change to from the choices shown in the “Styles” section of the ribbon. For instance, if the text is already styled as “Heading 1,” select “Heading 2” or “Heading 3.”

Changing Default Heading Styles

Step 1

Launch Word and load the document you want to edit.

Step 2

Select the header text you want to change.

Step 3

Click the “Home” tab.

Step 4

Select the header style you want to change from the choices shown in the “Styles” section of the ribbon.

Step 5

Right-click within the highlighted heading box, then select «Modify.»

Step 6

Make the heading style changes you need. For instance, change the font family using the drop-down list in the “Formatting” section. This dialog box also enables you to enlarge or shrink, change the color, center, underline, italicize or normalize the bold font weight of your heading.

Step 7

Select the “Automatically Update” check box when you finish your style changes, then click the “OK” button. This step applies the heading changes immediately.

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Tips

You can leave an existing Word heading style as is and create your own, new custom heading based upon it. First, modify an existing heading. Give your new heading a unique name under the “Properties” section. Click the arrow for the “Style Based On” drop-down list. Select the heading you will use as a reference or starting place. Make your heading style changes, select the “Add to Quick Style List” check box and then click the “OK” button.

Warnings

The changes you make to your heading styles apply only to the current document you are working on. If you want to use your style changes in subsequent documents, select “New Documents Based on This Template” before you finish your style modifications.

Writer Bio

Allen Bethea has written articles on programming, web design,operating systems and computer hardware since 2002. He holds a Bachelor of Science from UNC-Chapel Hill and AAS degrees in office technology, mechanical engineering/drafting and internet technology. Allen has extensive experience with desktop and system software for both Windows and Linux operating systems.

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