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Selection.Style = ActiveDocument.Styles(' Heading 4') Change the SUB name and style name in the double-quotes for whatever style you want.

Open the VBA editor (enable the ribbon Developer tab) and add the code to the current document or template. docm which might raise concerns with anyone you share the document with. YouвЂ™ll have to convert the document to a macro-enabled. You have to make your own command macro that applies the style then put that macro on the toolbar. The QAT customization doesnвЂ™t include a pull-down list of Styles. What about other styles? How can you add them to the Quick Access Toolbar? Instead, use the Ctrl + Shift + N shortcut for Normal style or change to another Word style keyboard shortcut. Normal Style command has the same icon as the Apply Headings commands so itвЂ™s as obvious on the QAT as the proverbial polar bear in a snowstorm. Similar to the Heading style buttons, the option for a Normal style button on the QAT is little use.ДЄnd you wonвЂ™t find the command where youвЂ™d expect, near the other вЂApply вЂ¦.вЂ™ commands.ДЇrom Commands Not in the ribbon, scroll down to вЂNormal Style (StyleNormal)вЂ™ Without clear and obvious buttons, they are a waste of time and space. HereвЂ™s the five Apply вЂ¦ style buttons вЂ¦ you have to take our word thatвЂ™s what they are. There are only buttons for the top three Heading styles, Heading 4 and below are forgotten.ДЄll the вЂApply вЂ¦вЂ™ command have the same icon, so they look the same on the QAT. The top three Heading styles have in-built keyboard shortcuts. WeвЂ™ve mentioned them for the sake of completeness not because they are much practical use. Under вЂAll CommandsвЂ™ or вЂCommands not on the ribbonвЂ™ look for Apply Heading 1, Apply Heading 2 and Apply Heading 3 and click add to your QAT.ДЄs we said, these Heading buttons are quite lame. Frankly they are of limited use and weвЂ™re almost embarrassed to mention them. There are in-built commands to apply some heading styles directly. Make a custom Quick Access Toolbar for special documents in Word Apply Heading Styles In this case you want вЂStyleGallerењњlassicвЂ™.Д¬lick Add to copy the command to your Quick Access Toolbar (either the global QAT or for that document/template).

The trick is to hover the mouse over a command and look at the tooltip. Scroll down to the Style section and youвЂ™ll find many entries, enough to confuse anyone. Go to Quick Access Toolbar customization and choose either вЂAll CommandsвЂ™ or вЂCommands not in the ribbonвЂ™. UNhappily, itвЂ™s hidden among other command choices with the same or similar names! Happily the classic Style menu is available on the Quick Access Toolbar. You canвЂ™t see вЂat a glanceвЂ™ what style is currently used unless it happens to be one of the few in the currently displayed row. MicrosoftвЂ™s вЂgreat for demonstrationsвЂ™ Style Gallery on the ribbon only lets you select a style. We much prefer the older Style menu over the fancy Style gallery for the simple reason that вЂclassicвЂ™ style menu shows the style used for the current selection. Heading styles and Normal style can get buttons on the QAT.ДЄny other style can also get a QAT button with a bit of extra work.ДЇinally, weвЂ™ll explain why we donвЂ™t bother with style buttons on the QAT and the faster alternative.

The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) can have a more useful Style menu than the one Microsoft puts on the ribbon.

You can quickly apply some Word styles from the Quick Access Toolbar weвЂ™ll show how to add the classic Style menu, buttons for Headings and Normal style.

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