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Is it possible to reorder the styles in the Style Pane? (Word for Mac)

Anonymous
2022-09-07T13:43:23+00:00

I use a lot of custom paragraph styles, and find the Style Pane the most convenient way to work with them. However, they appear in a pretty random order. As a result it can take a long time to find the one I'm looking for, even when I know its name.

Is there any way to automatically organize or manually reorder the styles?

Thanks

Caspar

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  1. Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 435K Reputation points
    2022-09-07T14:37:11+00:00

    Unfortunately, no. Word lacks much of the Style management capabilities available in its Windows counterpart. The order is based on Priority Levels which cannot be assigned or modified in the Mac product.

    Folks have been clamoring for better Style Management tools for years but little improvement has been made. You can add your voice to the choir by using Help> Feedback in the Word menu bar.

    However, any custom Styles should be listed in ascending order directly beneath Clear Formatting.

    Also, Custom Styles added to the Style Gallery appear first & unwanted Styles can be removed by right-clicking them & selecting the Remove from Style Gallery command..

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  1. John Korchok 231.5K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2022-09-07T14:57:36+00:00

    It's possible to manually reorder them by hacking the XML of the styles.xml part. Here's my how-to article: OOXML Hacking: Managing Styles In the XML, wherever you see:

    <w:uiPriority w:val="1"/>

    , you can increase the number to send the style lower down on the list. Styles with the same number will be displayed in alphabetical order.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-10-03T08:38:22+00:00

    Thanks, Bob. Much as I feared, but good to have it confirmed.

    Caspar

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