Just as fashion styles change, you may need to change styles in your Word 2013 document. Nothing is wrong with that. In fact, by changing a style, you demonstrate the power of Word: Changing a style once causes all text formatted with that style to be updated. It beats the pants off making that change manually.
To modify a style, heed these steps:
Summon the Styles task pane.
Keyboard shortcut: Press Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S.
Point the mouse at the style you want to change.
A menu button appears on the right end of the style’s entry.
Click the menu button to display the style’s menu.
![Click the menu button to display the style’s menu.](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6634a8f8dd9b2a63c9e6be83/66ccc57683f86edd50421a55_364528.image0.jpeg)
The style’s menu will appear.
Choose Modify.
![Choose Modify.](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6634a8f8dd9b2a63c9e6be83/66ccc57683f86edd50421a62_364529.image1.jpeg)
The Modify Style dialog box appears, although it’s the same Create New Style from Formatting dialog box.
Change the formatting for your style.
![Change the formatting for your style.](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6634a8f8dd9b2a63c9e6be83/66ccc57683f86edd50421a5d_364530.image2.jpeg)
Use the Format button to alter specific styles: font, paragraph, tabs, and so on. You can even add new formatting options or assign a shortcut key.
Click OK when you’re done.
![Click OK when you’re done.](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6634a8f8dd9b2a63c9e6be83/66ccc57683f86edd50421a59_364531.image3.jpeg)
Close the task pane if you’re done with it.