If you edited the name of the heading, you’ll see that change take place both on the Ribbon and in the Styles menu. Once you’ve made your choices, select “OK” to apply the modifications. Number position: The gap between the margin and the start of each. They aren’t available via Define New Number Format where they should be. It’s the only way to access these options. Right-click in a list and choose Adjust List indents. If you want to learn more about how styles work, check out our guide to mastering styles and themes. Hiding on this relatively obscure dialog is a very useful number formatting option Follow number with. If you’re unsure about any of these options, we recommend leaving them at their default settings. Since the template your document is based on is likely Word’s main normal.dot template, choosing this option usually means changes will apply to all your documents. You can also choose whether the style changes you’re making should apply only to the current document or should apply to new documents based on this template.
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The next bit in the Modify Style window lets you choose whether to add the style to the Styles gallery and whether to automatically update the style if you make manual adjustments to a paragraph in your document that uses that style (we don’t generally recommend using that option because it always leaves people wondering how their style got changed).
In the Style Pane Options window that opens, open the “Select styles to show” drop-down, change it from “Recommended” to “All Styles,” and then hit “OK.”