Changing a Heading to Body Text

Word contains a powerful outlining system that allows you to quickly make changes to document structure. You do this in Outline view, which is most easily invoked by clicking on the Outline view button on the status bar. When you enter Outline view, Word displays an Outline toolbar at the top of the document window if you are using a version of Word prior to Word 2007. If you are using Word 2007, Word displays a new tab on the ribbon—the Outlining tab. You use the controls on either the toolbar or the tab to change indentation levels for your outline.

Besides headings, you may have body text within your document. You may wish to change a current heading to body text. You can do this in any of these ways, after positioning the insertion point on the heading you want to change:

• Using the mouse, click on the Demote to Body Text tool. This is the one that looks like two right arrows.
• Apply a formatting style that is not a heading level.
• Using the mouse, drag the body text indicator (the small plus sign to the left of the heading) to the right. Drag it far enough that you pass through all nine heading levels, which is necessary before the paragraph is changed to body text.