How to apply, customize, and manage document designs
Overview
Writer comes with built-in styles sets and themes that lets you unify your document as a whole. You can use these styles to quickly apply a set of formatting options to your entire document in a consistent way.
Prerequisites
- Only Org admins can create or update the document designs for Organizations.
- Team members can only view or use org document design along with their own saved designs.
Steps
How to apply a preset design
- Click Design > Design Gallery > Preset Designs.
- Choose a desired design from the Preset Designs to apply to your document.

How to set a design as default
- Click Design > Current Design > Set as Default Design.
How to rename a design
- Click Design > Current Design > Rename Design.
- Enter the design's new name and click Rename.
How to delete a design
- Click Design > Design Gallery.
- Hover over the design you wish to delete, click More > Delete.
Only custom designs can be deleted. You cannot delete the preset designs.
How to reset design to Writer default
- Click Design > Current Design > Reset to Default.
How to import a design
- Click Design > Import Design.
- The Import Document Design pop-up will appear. You can choose a document from your desktop, your Writer documents, or enter a Writer document URL or a .doc file URL.

- Enter a name for the uploaded design and click on Import Design to import it.
How to create Org Design
- Click Design > Design Gallery.
- Hover over the design you wish to create as an org design and click More > Copy to Org Design. You can also import your design and copy it is an organizational design.