{"id":1975,"date":"2010-08-09T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vm-officeblogs.cloudapp.net\/2010\/08\/09\/show-the-style-area-pane-in-word-2010\/"},"modified":"2022-07-26T04:12:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T11:12:40","slug":"show-the-style-area-pane-in-word-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2010\/08\/09\/show-the-style-area-pane-in-word-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Show the Style Area Pane in Word 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">All Microsoft Word documents contain styles \u2013 even if you haven\u2019t applied one. New blank Word documents are based on the Normal template, and text that you type uses the Normal style.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">One way of seeing what styles are in your document is to expose the Style Area Pane in the Draft and Outline views.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In Word 2010, go to the <b>File <\/b>tab, click <b>Options<\/b>, and click <b>Advanced<\/b>. Under <b>Display<\/b>, set the width of the <b>Style area pane width in Draft and Outline views <\/b>to 1 inch or so. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/migrated-images\/45\/8228.o14_wd_OptionsAdvancedDisplayStyleAreaPane.jpg\" alt=\"Word 2010 Options Menu\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Click <b>OK<\/b>. 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