Stop Setting Text Styles in Every New Google Doc™

Tired of setting up your preferred fonts, colors, and sizes every single time you create a new document in Google Docs™? There’s a permanent solution that saves your custom formatting for all future documents.

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The Frustrating Problem

You’ve probably done this before: you open a document, carefully format your “Heading 1” to use the right font and color, and then select Format > Paragraph styles > Heading 1 > ‘Update Heading 1 to match’.

It works perfectly… for that one document. But the moment you create a new document, all your custom styles are gone, and you’re back to the default Arial font. This is a huge waste of time.

The Permanent Fix: Save as Default Styles

The solution is to tell Google Docs™ to save your current document’s styles as the new default for your entire account.

1. Create Your Perfect Styles: Open a new Google Docs™ document. Type some text for each style you want to customize (e.g., “Normal Text,” “Heading 1,” “Heading 2”).

2. Format Them: Style each piece of text exactly how you want it to look by default. Change the font, size, color, line spacing, etc.

3. Update Each Style: For each piece of text you styled, update its corresponding paragraph style. For example, select your styled “Heading 1” text and go to Format > Paragraph styles > Heading 1 > ‘Update Heading 1 to match’. Repeat this for all the styles you changed.

4. Save as Default: This is the crucial step. Go to the text styles -> Options > Save as my default styles.

A confirmation message will appear stating, “Your default styles have been saved.”

It's Set Forever!

That’s it! From now on, every new, blank document you create will automatically use the custom styles you just saved.

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Get the Add-On

Supercharge your Google Docs™ experience even further! If you work with tables and text frequently, our Add-On can save you countless hours.

Install the Text To Table Converter

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