How to Restrict Style Changes in Microsoft Word

This tutorial shows how to restrict style changes in Microsoft Word. We’ll walk through the steps for restricting specific changes and all changes. In Word, styles include (but are not limited to) fonts, font sizes and colors, italics, bold font, underlining, line spacing, and margin widths.

This video was filmed in Word 2016. However, the steps are the same in Word 2019 and Word for Office 365 and are similar in Word 2013 and Word 2010.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:03 Turn On Style Restrictions
1:35 Select Styles to Restrict
4:03 Turn Off Style Restrictions

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