Standardizing the Formatting

A document can quickly develop a chaotic look when you apply various types of direct formatting to your text. Word provides several tools that can help you keep track of the formatting, that can indicate where small but significant changes to the formatting exist, and that can allow you to quickly change one style or type of formatting to another.

Find Formatting Inconsistencies

  1. Choose Word Options from the Office menu, click the Advanced category in the left pane of the Word Options dialog box, and select the Keep Track Of Formatting and the Mark Formatting Inconsistencies check boxes, if they’re not already selected. ...

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