Design and edit in Word
Use Styles
Styles templates apply a consistent font, font size, font color, and spacing to headings, paragraphs, and titling throughout your document.
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Select the words, paragraph, list or table to edit.
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On the Home tab, select a style.
If you don't see the style you want, click the More button
to expand the gallery.
Apply Themes
Themes add a professional look to your document.
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Select Design > Themes.
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Point to a theme to preview how it will look.
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Select the theme you want.
Check spelling and grammar
Word marks misspelled words with a red squiggly underline and grammar mistakes with a blue double underline.
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Right-click the word.
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Select a correction, or select Ignore.
Note: Spelling and grammar check work a little differently in newer versions of Word and Microsoft 365. For more, see Editor - your writing assistant.
Find and replace text
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Select Home > Replace.
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For Find what, enter a word or phrase to search. For Replace with, enter the new text.
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Select Find next, and then select:
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Replace to replace the first instance, or
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Replace all to replace all instances.
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