How to Set Up a New Normal Style in Word 2007

Word can copy the current selection's text style to the document's Normal style.

Microsoft Word 2007 uses styles to define the default text format for different parts of a document. The main body of writing uses the font and paragraph settings that are defined in Word 2007 Normal style. To change Word's Normal style, you can edit a portion of text in your document to match the font and paragraph settings that you desire and then export those settings to your Normal style default.

Instructions

1. Run the Microsoft Word 2007 application.

2. Type a line of text, and then select the text. The content of what you type isn't important.

3. Select the desired font and font size for your normal style from the drop-down menus located on the "Font" tab.

4. Click on any bold, italics, underline, strike-through, subscript or superscript settings in the "Font" tab that you would like to assign to your Normal style.

5. Click the drop-down menu in the bottom right of the "Font" tab, and select the default font color for your Normal style.

6. Click the "Spacing" drop-down menu in the lower center of the "Paragraph" tab, and select single spacing, double spacing or another spacing scheme.

7. Set the justification type and modify any other paragraph options that you want for your Normal style in the "Paragraph" tab.

8. Right-click "Normal" in the "Quick Style Gallery" tab. Click "Update Normal to Match Selection" in the ensuing menu. Word will set the Normal style to match the properties that you set for the line of text in your document.

References

• Microsoft Office: Word 2007 Style Basics