Google Docs: Changing The Look of Headings and Paragraphs

Change the text to or from a heading or normal text

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. Add some text and style it the way you want using the options found in the top toolbar
   
   

   Open

   

   
   
   
   

3. Select that text.

4. Click Format

   Paragraph styles

   Choose either Normal text or Heading 1-6

   Update to match
   
   
   
   

5. All of the text in your document of that text type, such as "Heading 4" or "Normal text," will be updated to match your 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.