Microsoft’s idea of attractive headings doesn’t suit most legal documents. But you can permanently change your default heading styles so you can start every new document with headings in the right typeface and font color.
Let’s Ditch Those Big Blue Headings
One of the first things that legal users of Microsoft Word want to change is the default font settings, particularly for headings. After all, legal documents don’t generally have big blue text.
You may remember my earlier video showing you how to reset the font style for both the +Body and +Headings Styles on the Design tab. Now let’s take care of that blue text. The color of the headings is controlled by the overall color scheme, specifically the Accent and Text colors, which even in the grayscale color set are often something other than black. The most straightforward way to isolate and fix the text colors is to reset each Heading Style back to black.
Word has nine levels of Heading Styles. You can adjust as many of them as you think you’ll likely use. The easiest way to get to all of them is to go to the Home tab and click on the small launcher arrow in the bottom right-hand corner of the Styles section. This will bring up the Styles pane on the right. On the bottom right of the Styles pane, click Options, then use the drop-downs to ensure you’re seeing all Styles in alphabetical order…
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