M365 Word - Design and Edit in Word – Union County IT

Use Styles

Styles templates apply a consistent font, font size, font color, and spacing to headings, paragraphs, and titling throughout your document.

Select the words, paragraph, list or table to edit.
On the Home tab, select a style.

If you don't see the style you want, click the More button to expand the gallery.

Select a style in Word

Style library in Word

Apply Themes

Themes add a professional look to your document.

Select Design > Themes.
Point to a theme to preview how it will look.
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.

Right-click the word.
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.

Office 365 Spelling & Grammar example

Find and replace text

Select Home > Replace.
For Find what, enter a word or phrase to search. For Replace with, enter the new text.
Select Find next, and then select:
- Replace to replace the first instance, or
- Replace all to replace all instances.

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