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Word View or Modify Formatting with the Task Pane

You can use the new Reveal Formatting task pane in Word to view a detailed description of any text in your document.

You can also use it to modify or clear the formatting; compare the formatting of different selections, or to find blocks of text with similar formatting.

Below is how:‐

1. Select the text you want to examine or reformat.

2. From the Format menu, select Reveal Formatting.

3. Undertake any of the following:

To change any formatting properties, click one of the underlined commands from within the task pane, and then change any options you want in the dialog box that appears.

To determine the formatting source, such as whether the formatting comes from a style, select the Distinguish style source check box.

To show formatting marks, such as paragraph marks and tabs, select the Show all formatting marks check box.

To format a text selection like the text that surrounds it, select the text. In the Selected text box, click the arrow, and then click Apply Formatting of Surrounding Text.

To view a feature‐by‐feature comparison of your text selection with another block of text, select the Compare to another section check box and then select another block of text.

Or alternatively you can also open the Reveal Formatting task pane by choosing :‐

Whatʹs This? on the Help menu, or selecting text within your document and pressing SHIFT+F1.