If this is the case, you’ll first need to acquire the password before being allowed to reformat any of the content. If you are being prevented from clearing any formatting on a certain document then the document may be protected from any and all formatting changes. Keep in mind that even when using Ctrl + A to highlight the content within your Word document, all content in text boxes, headers, and footers will need to be cleared of formatting separately. All style for the selected content will default to the Normal style.Then select all text and remove direct character formatting, except for character styles in the following way: In the Styles pane (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S), click the Style Inspector icon, and click the Clear Character Formatting button.
Choose the Clear All option located at the top of the list. You can use Find & Replace to replace the italic formatting with the Emphasis character style (which is formatted in italics). Head to the Home tab and click the small arrow on the Styles section.Select and highlight the text for which you want to clear formatting.Clearing All Formatting Using the Styles Pane Within the Font section of the ribbon, click the icon for clear formatting, it looks like an A with an eraser through part of it.Īll formatting that you’ve highlighted is now set to the default style for Microsoft Word 2013/16.Next, highlight the text you wish to format using the left-click drag option with the mouse, holding Shift while tapping Right Arrow, or selecting all of the text with CTRL + A while inside the document.