Who knew Microsoft Word could give you a power rush? That’s what you feel when you create a one-click, customized Style Sheet that automatically applies font, paragraph, layout, and other ...

If you need numbered paragraphs in a Microsoft Word doc, don’t resort to entering them manually. Instead, create a custom style. Susan Harkins will show you how.

Headers, subheads, footnotes, and regular paragraphs all need their own look. Word's styles can make that all easy.

Stay tuned If you’re numbering section headings, don’t use a custom list style. In a future article, I’ll show you how to create a custom paragraph style with numbering.

If a series of consecutive paragraphs or citations need hanging indent formatting, you can highlight them all and complete the steps above to change everything at once.

Speed up your document edits with these five essential Word style tweaks.

Justifying Open your document in Microsoft Word. Select the paragraph you want extended to the width of the page. Hold the "Ctrl" key and press "J" to justify the selected paragraph.