Google Docs: Changing The Look of Headings and Paragraphs

Change the text style

1. On your computer, open a document in Google Docs.
2. Select the text you want to change.
3. Click Format  Paragraph styles.
4. Click a text style:
   • Normal text

   • Heading 1-6

5. Click Apply ‘text style.'

Use a custom text style

1. On your computer, open a document in Google Docs.
2. Select text with the style you want to use.
3. Click Format Paragraph styles Normal text or Heading 1-6 Update ‘Heading' to match.
4. All of the text in your document with the same text type, such as "Heading 4" or "Normal text," will be updated to match your initial selection.

Note: If you change the style of normal text, the heading fonts will also change to the new style.

Set and change a default style

On your computer, open a document in Google Docs.

• Set a default style: Click Format Paragraph styles  Options Save as my default styles.
• Apply a default style: Click Format Paragraph styles  Options Use my default styles.
• Restore original to the Google style: Click Format  Paragraph styles  Options Reset styles.