Add Custom Styles to Documents in Google Docs

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Saad Hamid on May 3, 2008

Google Docs just keeps getting better and better. Later yesterday the Google Docs team added a new feature to Google Docs which allows Google Docs users to add custom styling to documents using CSS. CSS is basically a type of style sheet markup language which enables you to create a personalized look for your web page or documents. It is used in collaboration with HTML mostly to give styles to web pages and documents.

More likely it is assumed that if you know and use Google Docs already there is a chance you would know a little of CSS already but if you don't you can checkout the CSS tutorial at Tizag that will help you out with learning CSS (I used this tutorial to learn CSS 2 years ago and now I am an expert). Learning CSS will not only help you give custom styles to your Google Docs documents but it will also be your first step into becoming a web designer.

To learn using CSS styles with Google Docs you can checkout the Styles in Google Docs page where you get tips and tricks related to styling documents using CSS.

To edit the style of a document simply open the Edit menu and click "Edit CSS"

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This is too geeky. Google docs should be aimed at all users, not just those who know arcane languages like CSS.
http://www.thewaronbullshit.com/ Kavan Wolfe

This is not adding styles, it's editing styles that are already there. I can't make a style called “References” with particular formatting. I can just change the formatting of the existing styles, of which there are desperately few.

http://animalgamesonline.com/ Andrei C

You are wrong,
new styles can be added for real, you just have to “Edit HTML” and apply the style you created, like class=”mystyle”, i haven't tested for IDs….
… but i was looking if there is a way to apply the new styles by just selecting (not edditing HTML), it thought new styles would be added in the Styles drop down menu, but they seems not they do not.. ahh
Please reply if you know something i miss about this.

http://www.thewaronbullshit.com/ Kavan Wolfe

This is not adding styles, it's editing styles that are already there. I can't make a style called “References” with particular formatting. I can just change the formatting of the existing styles, of which there are desperately few.