APA, MLA, Chicago – automatically format bibliographies
Word automatically generates a bibliography from the sources you used to write your paper. Each time you add a new citation to your document, Word adds that source so that it appears in the bibliography in the proper format, such as MLA, APA, and Chicago-style.
Customize or create new styles - Microsoft Support
You can use styles to quickly apply a set of formatting choices consistently throughout your document. If you want formatting choices that are not available from the built-in styles and themes available in Word, you can modify an existing style and customize it to suit your needs.
Modify or create headings and other styles - Microsoft Support
Learn how to use text styles to make your documents look consistent, and even create your own styles.
Add and remove styles from the Quick Styles gallery
Although you can manually set each formatting option individually for each header, it is much easier to use a style that applies all of these options at once. You can apply a specific style quickly and easily from the Styles gallery on the Home tab.
Define new bullets, numbers, and multilevel lists - Microsoft …
You can customize the appearance of a list by defining your own numbered, bulleted, and multilevel lists. Once you customize them, you can save those settings as a style and use it again and again. What would you like to do? Select the text or bulleted list you want to change.
Add citations in a Word document - Microsoft Support
On the References tab, in the Citations & Bibliography group, click the arrow next to Style and click the style that you want to use for the citation and source. For example, social sciences documents usually use the MLA or APA styles for citations and sources.
Apply styles - Microsoft Support
Select text and apply a style such as a title, header, or paragraph using the Styles gallery.
Create a bibliography, citations, and references - Microsoft …
Create a bibliography using built-in common citation formats like APA, MLA, or Chicago.
Add a heading - Microsoft Support
Every time you apply that heading style in your document, the heading style will include your customizations. Styles can do a lot more, including a table of contents. Here's a short video on why to write first and format later using Styles.
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Video: Improve accessibility with heading styles - Microsoft …
To add a heading style to text in Word, select the text, choose the Home tab in the ribbon, and in the Styles box, pick the heading style you want. When you save your document in another format for download, such as HTML or PDF, Word retains the headings styles, so everyone can still get the benefits of your headings.