Add, rename, or delete a paragraph style

To add a new style, you first modify the text of a paragraph in your document to look the way you want, then create the new style based on that text.

1. In your document, click anywhere in the paragraph you want to base the new style on.

2. Click the paragraph style name at the top of the sidebar on the right.

   If you don’t see a sidebar, or the sidebar doesn’t have text controls, click in the toolbar. If the text is in a text box, table, or shape, click the Text tab at the top of the sidebar to see paragraph styles.

3. Click at the top of the Paragraph Styles pop-up menu.

   A new style with a placeholder name appears in the pop-up menu.

   

4. Type a name for the new style, then click outside the menu to close it.

1. Click a paragraph that uses the style you want to rename.

2. Click the paragraph style name at the top of the sidebar on the right, move the pointer over the style name you want to change, then click the arrow that appears.

   If the text is in a text box, table, or shape, first click the Text tab at the top of the sidebar to see paragraph styles.

   

3. Choose Rename Style, then enter a new name.

You can delete a style from the paragraph styles list. You might want to do this to simplify the pop-up menu to include just the styles you use most.

1. Click anywhere in your document text.

2. Click the paragraph style name at the top of the sidebar on the right.

   If the text is in a text box, table, or shape, first click the Text tab at the top of the sidebar to see paragraph styles.

3. In the Paragraph Styles pop-up menu, move the pointer over the name of the style you want to delete, then click the arrow that appears and choose Delete Style.

   

If you try to delete a style that’s being used in the document, you’re asked to choose a style to replace the one you’re deleting.