Not only you can use built-in styles such as headings, captions, subtitles, annotations, indentation, etc., but you can also quickly clear heading styles if you don’t want. If existing (built-in) styles do not fit your content need, you can create the new styles you want to apply.

Getting Started with Creating and Applying Heading Styles

Normal Style:

It clears all the selected content formatting (such as heading, title, subtitle, and so on that you have applied) and resets it to the default font style.

No Spacing Styles:

Removes all the Spaces between the selected paragraphs.

Heading 1, 2, 3… Styles:

You can apply different Heading styles such as Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3, and so on that fits your content in the document.

Title Style:

Apply it to the name of the document, book, or composition that best describes it.

Subtitle Style:

Apply an alternative title of the document, book, or composition that best describes it.

Subtitle Emphasis Style:

Apply italicized font with a style to your alternative title of the document, book, or composition that best describes it.

Emphasis Style of Heading:

Apply the Bold and Italicized font with a style to the text of the document wherever you want.

Intense Emphasis Style:

Apply the Bold and Italicized font with a special colour and style to the text of the document wherever you want.

Strong Style:

Applies the Bold font to the text of the document wherever you want.

Quote Style:

Applies Quotation styles to the content of the document.

Intense Quote Style:

Applies Quotation styles with background colour formatting to the content of the document

Subtle Reference Style:

Subtle Reference is one of the sources of this information of the content in order to find out something related to it.

Intense Reference Style:

Intense Reference is one of the sources of strong information on the content in order to find out something related to it.

Book Title Style:

Apply it to the main name of the document or book on what it is.

List a Paragraph Style:

The listing paragraph is a paragraph containing different ideas that all connect to one main idea. It is perhaps easiest to think of this as the “First”, “Secondly”, or “Thirdly” paragraph.… The third is the compare and contrast paragraph in which you examine the relationship between two different ideas.

Customizing or Creating Your Own Headings in a Document:

Are the existing headings in Word doesn’t give you sense? Then format and create your own styles of the selected text such as Headings, Titles, Subtitles, Quotations, etc.

Steps in Creating Heading Styles in MS Word:

Click on the drop-down arrow of the styles. Then select “Create a Style” (After selecting “Create a Style” a dialogue box will open) On the dialogue box, in the name box, type the name for a new style. To format the new style as you want, click on “modify”. Then select one of the styles that you want to modify. Now click on the modify. After that select all the formats that you want. Then click OK.

Clear Formatting (Ctrl+Spacebar):

It clears all the selected content formatting (such as heading, title, subtitle, and so on that you have applied) and resets it to the default font style. 

Steps in Clearing Formatting:

→ Select the text that you want to clear the formatting → Then click on the drop-down arrow of the styles group → Now select clear formatting.

Keyboard Shortcut for Applying Headings (Ctrl+Shift+S):

To apply headings in Word by modifying the existing headings, titles, subtitles, etc. press Ctrl+Shift+S. Or follow the steps below. Steps in applying Heading Levels in MS Word: Click on the drop-down arrow of the styles. Then select “Apply Styles” Now select the drop-down arrow as shown in the picture below. Then select one of the styles that you want to modify Now click on the modify After that select all the formats that you want to apply. Then click OK.


title: “How To Create Heading Styles In Ms Word 2022” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-17” author: “William Jeffrey”


Not only you can use built-in styles such as headings, captions, subtitles, annotations, indentation, etc., but you can also quickly clear heading styles if you don’t want. If existing (built-in) styles do not fit your content need, you can create the new styles you want to apply.

Getting Started with Creating and Applying Heading Styles

Normal Style:

It clears all the selected content formatting (such as heading, title, subtitle, and so on that you have applied) and resets it to the default font style.

No Spacing Styles:

Removes all the Spaces between the selected paragraphs.

Heading 1, 2, 3… Styles:

You can apply different Heading styles such as Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3, and so on that fits your content in the document.

Title Style:

Apply it to the name of the document, book, or composition that best describes it.

Subtitle Style:

Apply an alternative title of the document, book, or composition that best describes it.

Subtitle Emphasis Style:

Apply italicized font with a style to your alternative title of the document, book, or composition that best describes it.

Emphasis Style of Heading:

Apply the Bold and Italicized font with a style to the text of the document wherever you want.

Intense Emphasis Style:

Apply the Bold and Italicized font with a special colour and style to the text of the document wherever you want.

Strong Style:

Applies the Bold font to the text of the document wherever you want.

Quote Style:

Applies Quotation styles to the content of the document.

Intense Quote Style:

Applies Quotation styles with background colour formatting to the content of the document

Subtle Reference Style:

Subtle Reference is one of the sources of this information of the content in order to find out something related to it.

Intense Reference Style:

Intense Reference is one of the sources of strong information on the content in order to find out something related to it.

Book Title Style:

Apply it to the main name of the document or book on what it is.

List a Paragraph Style:

The listing paragraph is a paragraph containing different ideas that all connect to one main idea. It is perhaps easiest to think of this as the “First”, “Secondly”, or “Thirdly” paragraph.… The third is the compare and contrast paragraph in which you examine the relationship between two different ideas.

Customizing or Creating Your Own Headings in a Document:

Are the existing headings in Word doesn’t give you sense? Then format and create your own styles of the selected text such as Headings, Titles, Subtitles, Quotations, etc.

Steps in Creating Heading Styles in MS Word:

Click on the drop-down arrow of the styles. Then select “Create a Style” (After selecting “Create a Style” a dialogue box will open) On the dialogue box, in the name box, type the name for a new style. To format the new style as you want, click on “modify”. Then select one of the styles that you want to modify. Now click on the modify. After that select all the formats that you want. Then click OK.

Clear Formatting (Ctrl+Spacebar):

It clears all the selected content formatting (such as heading, title, subtitle, and so on that you have applied) and resets it to the default font style. 

Steps in Clearing Formatting:

→ Select the text that you want to clear the formatting → Then click on the drop-down arrow of the styles group → Now select clear formatting.

Keyboard Shortcut for Applying Headings (Ctrl+Shift+S):

To apply headings in Word by modifying the existing headings, titles, subtitles, etc. press Ctrl+Shift+S. Or follow the steps below. Steps in applying Heading Levels in MS Word: Click on the drop-down arrow of the styles. Then select “Apply Styles” Now select the drop-down arrow as shown in the picture below. Then select one of the styles that you want to modify Now click on the modify After that select all the formats that you want to apply. Then click OK.