Word – Change multiple heading levels

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I want to reorganise the my Word 2010 document and have the heading styles update accordingly.

For example, I realise that the "Insects" should really be a sub-section of "Animals" rather than its own separate chapter. And "Dogs" and its subsections really belong under "Mammals".

Is there a way to bump up (or down) the heading levels of multiple paragraphs at once?

If I just move the paragraphs and corresponding headers to the proper location, the heading levels will still be wrong; i.e. "Insects" and "Dogs" will still be Heading 1, whereas they should be Heading 2 and Heading 3, respectively. Is there a way to fix this in bulk, rather than clicking on each individual header one by one and changing its style?

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Best Answer

From the navigation pane, drag the section to the correct place (eg, drag dogs between mammals and reptiles) and then you can select 'demote' on the dogs section. This will demote dogs and all its subsections.

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