Viewing Active Styles in Draft View in Microsoft Word

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When working with a previously created Word document, you may notice that a number of Microsoft Word Styles have been applied throughout.
filetabTo quickly view which styles have been applied and where, you can activate the Style Area Pane in Draft view.

  • On the ribbon, Click the File Tab
  • Select Options(just above Exit at the bottom) this will open the Word Options dialog box
  • Click on the Advancedbutton
  • Scroll down (about half way) to the Displaysection
  • In the box after Style area pane with in Draft and Outline views:enter 1″, click OK The Style area pane will now be set to one inch in Draft View. You can re-adjust the width as needed once the initial area pane has been activated.
  • Change to Draft view by clicking the View Taband clicking Draft.
  • You will notice the style names along the left edge of the document.

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