Dave is frustrated by having to scroll through long drop-down lists of styles to find the one he is looking for. He wonders if there is a way to reorder the styles so that the ones that appear are those that are actually being used.
Using styles within a document or template is a great way to make sure you have a uniform look across multiple pages and documents. Sometimes, however, the list of styles can become long and not every style is needed for every project. Fortunately, Word allows you display only the styles you are using.
Figure 1. The Style Pane Options dialog box.
The styles that appear in the Styles pane are now only the styles that are being used in the current document.
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2020-09-29 16:40:45
Scott Knitter
I wonder if defaults can be set for those first two settings? I never want anything but All Styles and Alphabetical.
2020-04-20 09:39:34
Richard Warner
It would be nice if Word actually worked as advertised, but unfortunately this function is buggy as Wuhan right now. Do you know any work-arounds? When I select "In Use" it gives me a blank pane. When I select "Current Doc" it gives all the styles known to Man.
2019-09-19 08:21:47
Rob
This was very helpful. Thanks so much for this great site.
2019-06-19 09:31:44
HR
My coworker is using Microsoft 2016 and when she selects a style in her document the Style Pane Gallery on the right side of her screen does not automatically scroll/select the type of style she has selected in the document. I can open the same document on my computer and all works fine. Any assistance you can provide would be GREATLY appreciated.
2019-06-13 20:51:42
uri
Thanks for the info.
I can see all the styles in the style dialog box.
However, a few styles are missing from the Ribbon's style listing when it is set to the Home tab.
Can you help solving this problem?
Many thanks,
Uri
2019-06-06 11:32:49
JH
Thank you kindly, this was exceptionally helpful in ridding me of some frustration.
2019-03-23 14:20:13
Bill Messick
Thanks, Allen. This will be a real time-saver!
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