This width is usually enough, but after you’ve tried it out, you can always change the width to make it smaller or larger.Ĭhange the view from Print Layout to Normal by clicking the icon in the bottom left of the window. In the Style area pane width… field, enter 2.5 if your measurement units are Centimeters or 1 if your units are inches.Check your Show measurement in units at value (e.g.Word 2010: Select the File tab, then Options. Word 2007: Click the Office button (top left corner), then Word Options.
This width is usually enough, but after you’ve tried it out, you can always change the width to make it smaller or larger. On the View tab, set the Style area width to 2.5 cm (or 1 inch if your units are inches).
Here’s how in detail… (Click the images to see them in full size.) Step 1: Change your Word settings to display the Style area (Unfortunately, table styles never show, but you can see all the others - you’ll just have to check your table styles the slow way.)
There’s a better way - switch to Draft view (Word 2007, 2010) or Normal view (Word 2003), and set the Style area to 2.5 cm (1 inch) or more to see all the styles used for the body text. Do you want to see at a glance what style is assigned to a paragraph in your Word document? You probably know that you can click in the paragraph and check the styles pane to see which style is highlighted, but that’s a tedious process and gets old very quickly on a 100+ page document - or with a list of styles that is too long to see without scrolling.