diff --git a/src/lib/components/AlignButton.svelte b/src/lib/components/AlignButton.svelte
index 533055d..48db38a 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/AlignButton.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/AlignButton.svelte
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import type { Editor } from '@tiptap/core';
   import { t } from '../i18n/i18n.svelte';
+  import AlignIcon from './AlignIcon.svelte';
+
+  import type { AlignValue } from './AlignIcon.svelte';
 
   let { editor, tick }: { editor: Editor | null; tick: number } = $props();
 
-  type AlignValue = 'left' | 'center' | 'right' | 'justify';
-
   const ALIGNMENTS: AlignValue[] = ['left', 'center', 'right', 'justify'];
 
   // Empty string when the selection spans paragraphs/headings with different alignments.
@@ -51,31 +52,7 @@
 
 <div class="align-picker" use:alignPickerClickOutside>
   <button class="align-trigger" onclick={openAlignPicker} title={t().align.title}>
-    {#if currentAlign === 'center'}
-      <svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" aria-hidden="true">
-        <line x1="2" y1="3" x2="14" y2="3" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"/>
-        <line x1="4" y1="7" x2="12" y2="7" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"/>
-        <line x1="3" y1="11" x2="13" y2="11" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"/>
-      </svg>
-    {:else if currentAlign === 'right'}
-      <svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" aria-hidden="true">
-        <line x1="2" y1="3" x2="14" y2="3" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"/>
-        <line x1="6" y1="7" x2="14" y2="7" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"/>
-        <line x1="4" y1="11" x2="14" y2="11" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"/>
-      </svg>
-    {:else if currentAlign === 'justify'}
-      <svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" aria-hidden="true">
-        <line x1="2" y1="3" x2="14" y2="3" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"/>
-        <line x1="2" y1="7" x2="14" y2="7" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"/>
-        <line x1="2" y1="11" x2="14" y2="11" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"/>
-      </svg>
-    {:else}
-      <svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" aria-hidden="true">
-        <line x1="2" y1="3" x2="14" y2="3" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"/>
-        <line x1="2" y1="7" x2="10" y2="7" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"/>
-        <line x1="2" y1="11" x2="12" y2="11" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"/>
-      </svg>
-    {/if}
+    <AlignIcon value={currentAlign || 'left'} />
     <svg width="8" height="8" viewBox="0 0 8 8" fill="none" aria-hidden="true">
       <path d="M1 2.5l3 3 3-3" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.4" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>
     </svg>
@@ -90,31 +67,7 @@
           onclick={() => pickAlign(a)}
           title={t().align.alignTo(t().align[a])}
         >
-          {#if a === 'left'}
-            <svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" aria-hidden="true">
-              <line x1="2" y1="3" x2="14" y2="3" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"/>
-              <line x1="2" y1="7" x2="10" y2="7" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"/>
-              <line x1="2" y1="11" x2="12" y2="11" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"/>
-            </svg>
-          {:else if a === 'center'}
-            <svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" aria-hidden="true">
-              <line x1="2" y1="3" x2="14" y2="3" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"/>
-              <line x1="4" y1="7" x2="12" y2="7" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"/>
-              <line x1="3" y1="11" x2="13" y2="11" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"/>
-            </svg>
-          {:else if a === 'right'}
-            <svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" aria-hidden="true">
-              <line x1="2" y1="3" x2="14" y2="3" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"/>
-              <line x1="6" y1="7" x2="14" y2="7" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"/>
-              <line x1="4" y1="11" x2="14" y2="11" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"/>
-            </svg>
-          {:else}
-            <svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" aria-hidden="true">
-              <line x1="2" y1="3" x2="14" y2="3" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"/>
-              <line x1="2" y1="7" x2="14" y2="7" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"/>
-              <line x1="2" y1="11" x2="14" y2="11" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"/>
-            </svg>
-          {/if}
+          <AlignIcon value={a} />
           <span>{t().align[a]}</span>
         </button>
       {/each}
diff --git a/src/lib/components/AlignIcon.svelte b/src/lib/components/AlignIcon.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21cefd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/components/AlignIcon.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  // The four alignment glyphs, shared by the toolbar's align picker and the style
+  // manager so both show the same control.
+  export type AlignValue = 'left' | 'center' | 'right' | 'justify';
+
+  let { value }: { value: AlignValue } = $props();
+
+  // Per line: x1 and x2 of the three rules that make up the glyph.
+  const LINES: Record<AlignValue, [number, number][]> = {
+    left: [[2, 14], [2, 10], [2, 12]],
+    center: [[2, 14], [4, 12], [3, 13]],
+    right: [[2, 14], [6, 14], [4, 14]],
+    justify: [[2, 14], [2, 14], [2, 14]],
+  };
+</script>
+
+<svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" aria-hidden="true">
+  {#each LINES[value] as [x1, x2], i}
+    <line x1={x1} y1={3 + i * 4} x2={x2} y2={3 + i * 4} stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round" />
+  {/each}
+</svg>
diff --git a/src/lib/components/StyleManagerDialog.svelte b/src/lib/components/StyleManagerDialog.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d735edb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/components/StyleManagerDialog.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,470 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { Editor } from '@tiptap/core';
+  import { t } from '../i18n/i18n.svelte';
+  import {
+    DEFAULT_STYLE, HEADING_PARENT, isAbstractStyle, propsFromBlock, resolveStyle, styleDelta,
+    styleOrder, uniqueStyleName, type Style,
+  } from '../styles/styleSheet';
+  import { deleteStyle, putStyle, renameStyle, resetStyle, styleSheet } from '../styles/sheet.svelte';
+  import { blockStyleName } from '../editor/extensions/paragraphStyle';
+  import { CANDIDATE_FONTS, detectAvailableFonts } from '../utils/fontDetect';
+  import AlignIcon, { type AlignValue } from './AlignIcon.svelte';
+
+  // LibreOffice's style manager: pick a style, edit its properties, or make a new one
+  // from the cursor's formatting. Edits apply live — every block using the style follows.
+  let { open = $bindable(false), editor }: { open?: boolean; editor: Editor | null } = $props();
+
+  const ALIGNMENTS: AlignValue[] = ['left', 'center', 'right', 'justify'];
+
+  let dialogEl: HTMLDialogElement | null = $state(null);
+  let selected = $state(DEFAULT_STYLE);
+  // The fonts installed on this machine, detected once the dialog is first opened
+  // (same list the font picker uses).
+  let fonts = $state<string[]>([]);
+
+  let sheet = $derived(styleSheet());
+  // Indented by inheritance depth, so the chain is visible.
+  let rows = $derived(styleOrder(sheet, true).map((s) => ({ style: s, depth: depthOf(s) })));
+  let style = $derived(sheet.paragraph[selected] ?? sheet.paragraph[DEFAULT_STYLE]);
+  let resolved = $derived(resolveStyle(sheet, selected));
+  // A style can't inherit from itself or from one of its own descendants.
+  let parentOptions = $derived(
+    Object.keys(sheet.paragraph).filter((name) => name !== style.name && !descendsFrom(name, style.name)),
+  );
+
+  function depthOf(s: Style): number {
+    let depth = 0;
+    let cur = s.parent;
+    const seen = new Set<string>();
+    while (cur && sheet.paragraph[cur] && !seen.has(cur)) { seen.add(cur); depth++; cur = sheet.paragraph[cur].parent; }
+    return depth;
+  }
+
+  function descendsFrom(name: string, ancestor: string): boolean {
+    let cur: string | null = name;
+    const seen = new Set<string>();
+    while (cur && !seen.has(cur)) {
+      seen.add(cur);
+      if (cur === ancestor) return true;
+      cur = sheet.paragraph[cur]?.parent ?? null;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  $effect(() => {
+    const el = dialogEl;
+    if (!el) return;
+    if (open && !el.open) el.showModal();
+    else if (!open && el.open) el.close();
+  });
+
+  $effect(() => {
+    if (open && !fonts.length) fonts = detectAvailableFonts(CANDIDATE_FONTS);
+  });
+
+  // Follow the cursor's style when the dialog opens (LibreOffice preselects it too).
+  $effect(() => {
+    if (open && editor) selected = blockStyleName(editor.state.selection.$from.parent as never);
+  });
+
+  // An undefined patch value clears the style's own property, so it inherits again.
+  function edit(patch: { para?: Partial<Style['para']>; text?: Partial<Style['text']> }) {
+    const merge = <T extends object>(base: T, over: Partial<T>): T => {
+      const out = { ...base } as T;
+      for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(over)) {
+        if (value === undefined) delete out[key as keyof T];
+        else out[key as keyof T] = value as T[keyof T];
+      }
+      return out;
+    };
+    putStyle({ ...style, para: merge(style.para, patch.para ?? {}), text: merge(style.text, patch.text ?? {}) });
+  }
+
+  // A style may name a font that isn't installed here; keep it in the list so editing
+  // another property doesn't silently drop it.
+  let fontOptions = $derived(
+    style.text.fontFamily && !fonts.includes(style.text.fontFamily)
+      ? [style.text.fontFamily, ...fonts]
+      : fonts,
+  );
+
+  // A field left empty clears the style's own value, so it inherits again.
+  const num = (v: string) => (v.trim() === '' ? undefined : Number(v));
+
+  // An empty field shows what the parent chain provides, marked as inherited so it can't
+  // be mistaken for this style's own value.
+  const inherited = (value: string | number | undefined) =>
+    value === undefined || value === '' ? '' : `${value} (${t().styles.inherited})`;
+
+  // The cursor's block, with the marks of its first text run.
+  function blockFormatting() {
+    if (!editor) return null;
+    const node = editor.state.selection.$from.parent;
+    const first = node.firstChild;
+    return {
+      node,
+      current: blockStyleName(node as never),
+      shown: propsFromBlock(node as never, (first?.marks ?? []) as never),
+    };
+  }
+
+  function newFromSelection() {
+    const info = blockFormatting();
+    if (!info || !editor) return;
+    const name = uniqueStyleName(sheet, t().styles.newName);
+    const own = styleDelta(info.shown, resolveStyle(sheet, info.current));
+    putStyle({ name, parent: info.current, next: info.current, para: own.para, text: own.text });
+    // The formatting now lives in the style, so the block drops it (LibreOffice's behavior).
+    editor.commands.setParagraphStyle(name);
+    editor.commands.clearDirectFormatting();
+    selected = name;
+  }
+
+  function updateFromSelection() {
+    const info = blockFormatting();
+    if (!info || !editor) return;
+    const own = styleDelta(info.shown, resolveStyle(sheet, style.parent ?? DEFAULT_STYLE));
+    putStyle({ ...style, para: { ...style.para, ...own.para }, text: { ...style.text, ...own.text } });
+    editor.commands.setParagraphStyle(style.name);
+    editor.commands.clearDirectFormatting();
+  }
+
+  function rename() {
+    const next = prompt(t().styles.renamePrompt, style.name)?.trim();
+    if (!next || next === style.name || sheet.paragraph[next]) return;
+    const from = style.name;
+    renameStyle(from, next);
+    // Retag every block that referenced the old name.
+    editor?.commands.command(({ tr, state, dispatch }) => {
+      state.doc.descendants((node, pos) => {
+        if (node.attrs?.styleName === from) tr.setNodeAttribute(pos, 'styleName', next);
+      });
+      if (dispatch && tr.docChanged) dispatch(tr);
+      return true;
+    });
+    selected = next;
+  }
+
+  function remove() {
+    const gone = style.name;
+    const fallback = style.parent ?? DEFAULT_STYLE;
+    deleteStyle(gone);
+    editor?.commands.command(({ tr, state, dispatch }) => {
+      state.doc.descendants((node, pos) => {
+        if (node.attrs?.styleName === gone) tr.setNodeAttribute(pos, 'styleName', fallback);
+      });
+      if (dispatch && tr.docChanged) dispatch(tr);
+      return true;
+    });
+    selected = fallback;
+  }
+</script>
+
+<dialog
+  class="styles"
+  bind:this={dialogEl}
+  onclose={() => (open = false)}
+  onclick={(e) => { if (e.target === dialogEl) open = false; }}
+  aria-label={t().styles.title}
+>
+  <div class="card">
+    <header>
+      <h2>{t().styles.title}</h2>
+      <button class="close" onclick={() => (open = false)} aria-label={t().common.close}>
+        <svg width="14" height="14" viewBox="0 0 14 14" fill="none" aria-hidden="true">
+          <path d="M3 3l8 8M11 3l-8 8" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round" />
+        </svg>
+      </button>
+    </header>
+
+    <div class="body">
+      <ul class="list">
+        {#each rows as { style: s, depth } (s.name)}
+          <li>
+            <button
+              class="entry"
+              class:active={selected === s.name}
+              style="padding-left: {0.6 + depth * 0.8}rem"
+              onclick={() => (selected = s.name)}
+            >
+              {s.name}
+              {#if isAbstractStyle(s.name)}<span class="badge">{t().styles.abstract}</span>
+              {:else if !s.builtin}<span class="badge">{t().styles.custom}</span>{/if}
+            </button>
+          </li>
+        {/each}
+      </ul>
+
+      <div class="fields">
+        <!-- Fallbacks are the page's own defaults, not `inherit`: an inline `inherit`
+             would beat the .preview rule and pull in the dialog's UI text color. -->
+        <div class="preview" style="
+          font-family: {resolved.text.fontFamily ?? 'var(--font-serif)'};
+          font-size: {Math.min(24, resolved.text.fontSizePt ?? 12)}pt;
+          font-weight: {resolved.text.bold ? 700 : 400};
+          font-style: {resolved.text.italic ? 'italic' : 'normal'};
+          color: {resolved.text.color ?? 'var(--color-page-text)'};
+          text-decoration: {[resolved.text.underline && 'underline', resolved.text.strike && 'line-through'].filter(Boolean).join(' ') || 'none'};
+          text-align: {resolved.para.textAlign ?? 'left'};
+        ">{style.name}</div>
+
+        <label>{t().styles.parent}
+          <select value={style.parent ?? ''} onchange={(e) => putStyle({ ...style, parent: e.currentTarget.value || null })}>
+            <option value="">—</option>
+            {#each parentOptions as name}<option value={name}>{name}</option>{/each}
+          </select>
+        </label>
+
+        <label>{t().styles.font}
+          <select
+            value={style.text.fontFamily ?? ''}
+            onchange={(e) => edit({ text: { fontFamily: e.currentTarget.value || undefined } })}
+          >
+            <option value="">{inherited(resolved.text.fontFamily) || '—'}</option>
+            {#each fontOptions as font}
+              <option value={font} style="font-family: '{font}'">{font}</option>
+            {/each}
+          </select>
+        </label>
+
+        <div class="row">
+          <label>{t().styles.size}
+            <input type="number" min="1" max="400" step="0.5"
+              value={style.text.fontSizePt ?? ''}
+              placeholder={inherited(resolved.text.fontSizePt)}
+              onchange={(e) => edit({ text: { fontSizePt: num(e.currentTarget.value) } })} />
+          </label>
+          <label>{t().styles.color}
+            <input type="color" value={style.text.color ?? resolved.text.color ?? '#000000'}
+              onchange={(e) => edit({ text: { color: e.currentTarget.value.toUpperCase() } })} />
+          </label>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="row toggles">
+          <label class="check"><input type="checkbox" checked={!!resolved.text.bold}
+            onchange={(e) => edit({ text: { bold: e.currentTarget.checked } })} />{t().styles.bold}</label>
+          <label class="check"><input type="checkbox" checked={!!resolved.text.italic}
+            onchange={(e) => edit({ text: { italic: e.currentTarget.checked } })} />{t().styles.italic}</label>
+          <label class="check"><input type="checkbox" checked={!!resolved.text.underline}
+            onchange={(e) => edit({ text: { underline: e.currentTarget.checked } })} />{t().styles.underline}</label>
+          <label class="check"><input type="checkbox" checked={!!resolved.text.strike}
+            onchange={(e) => edit({ text: { strike: e.currentTarget.checked } })} />{t().styles.strike}</label>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="field">
+          <span class="field-label">{t().styles.alignment}</span>
+          <div class="align-row">
+            {#each ALIGNMENTS as a}
+              <button
+                class="align-btn"
+                class:active={style.para.textAlign === a}
+                class:inherit={!style.para.textAlign && (resolved.para.textAlign ?? 'left') === a}
+                title={t().align.alignTo(t().align[a])}
+                aria-pressed={style.para.textAlign === a}
+                onclick={() => edit({ para: { textAlign: style.para.textAlign === a ? undefined : a } })}
+              >
+                <AlignIcon value={a} />
+              </button>
+            {/each}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="row">
+          <label>{t().styles.spaceBefore}
+            <input type="number" min="0" max="200" step="1" value={style.para.spaceBefore ?? ''}
+              placeholder={inherited(resolved.para.spaceBefore ?? 0)}
+              onchange={(e) => edit({ para: { spaceBefore: num(e.currentTarget.value) } })} />
+          </label>
+          <label>{t().styles.spaceAfter}
+            <input type="number" min="0" max="200" step="1" value={style.para.spaceAfter ?? ''}
+              placeholder={inherited(resolved.para.spaceAfter ?? 0)}
+              onchange={(e) => edit({ para: { spaceAfter: num(e.currentTarget.value) } })} />
+          </label>
+          <label>{t().styles.indent}
+            <input type="number" min="0" max="20" step="0.25" value={style.para.indent ?? ''}
+              placeholder={inherited(resolved.para.indent ?? 0)}
+              onchange={(e) => edit({ para: { indent: num(e.currentTarget.value) } })} />
+          </label>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <footer>
+      <button onclick={newFromSelection}>{t().styles.newFromSelection}</button>
+      <button onclick={updateFromSelection}>{t().styles.updateFromSelection}</button>
+      <span class="spacer"></span>
+      {#if style.builtin}
+        <button onclick={() => resetStyle(style.name)}>{t().styles.reset}</button>
+      {:else}
+        <button onclick={rename}>{t().styles.rename}</button>
+        <button class="danger" onclick={remove} disabled={style.name === HEADING_PARENT}>{t().common.remove}</button>
+      {/if}
+    </footer>
+  </div>
+</dialog>
+
+<style>
+  .styles {
+    margin: auto;
+    padding: 0;
+    border: none;
+    background: transparent;
+    max-width: none;
+  }
+  .styles::backdrop {
+    background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
+    backdrop-filter: blur(2px);
+  }
+
+  .card {
+    width: min(46rem, 92vw);
+    background: var(--color-surface);
+    color: var(--color-text);
+    border-radius: var(--island-radius);
+    /* The card's own outline: in dark mode a shadow can't separate it from the
+       backdrop, so the edge has to be a real line. */
+    border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
+    box-shadow: 0 12px 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35);
+    font-family: var(--font-sans);
+    overflow: hidden;
+  }
+
+  header {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: space-between;
+    padding: 0.75rem 1rem;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-border);
+  }
+  header h2 { margin: 0; font-size: 0.95rem; }
+  .close {
+    border: none;
+    background: transparent;
+    color: var(--color-text);
+    cursor: pointer;
+    padding: 0.25rem;
+    border-radius: var(--radius);
+  }
+  .close:hover { background: var(--color-btn-hover); }
+
+  .body { display: flex; gap: 0; max-height: min(30rem, 70vh); }
+
+  .list {
+    width: 14rem;
+    margin: 0;
+    padding: 0.4rem 0;
+    list-style: none;
+    overflow-y: auto;
+    border-right: 1px solid var(--color-border);
+  }
+  .entry {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    gap: 0.4rem;
+    width: 100%;
+    padding: 0.35rem 0.6rem;
+    border: none;
+    background: transparent;
+    color: var(--color-text);
+    font: inherit;
+    font-size: 0.85rem;
+    text-align: left;
+    cursor: pointer;
+  }
+  .entry:hover { background: var(--color-btn-hover); }
+  .entry.active { background: var(--color-primary); color: white; }
+  .badge {
+    font-size: 0.6rem;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+    letter-spacing: 0.05em;
+    opacity: 0.6;
+  }
+
+  .fields {
+    flex: 1;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    gap: 0.6rem;
+    padding: 0.8rem 1rem;
+    overflow-y: auto;
+  }
+  .preview {
+    padding: 0.6rem 0.8rem;
+    border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
+    border-radius: var(--radius);
+    background: var(--color-page-bg, #fff);
+    color: var(--color-page-text);
+    overflow: hidden;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  }
+  label {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    gap: 0.2rem;
+    font-size: 0.75rem;
+    color: var(--color-text-muted);
+  }
+  .row { display: flex; gap: 0.6rem; }
+  .field { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 0.2rem; }
+  .field-label { font-size: 0.75rem; color: var(--color-text-muted); }
+  .align-row { display: flex; gap: 2px; }
+  .align-btn {
+    display: inline-flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    width: var(--toolbar-btn-size);
+    height: var(--toolbar-btn-size);
+    padding: 0;
+    border: 1px solid transparent;
+    border-radius: var(--radius);
+    background: transparent;
+    color: var(--color-text);
+    cursor: pointer;
+  }
+  .align-btn:hover { background: var(--color-btn-hover); }
+  .align-btn.active { background: var(--color-primary); color: white; }
+  /* What the parent chain provides while this style sets none of its own. */
+  .align-btn.inherit { border-color: var(--color-border); color: var(--color-text-muted); }
+  .row > label { flex: 1; }
+  .toggles { align-items: center; gap: 1rem; }
+  .check {
+    flex-direction: row;
+    align-items: center;
+    gap: 0.35rem;
+    color: var(--color-text);
+    font-size: 0.8rem;
+  }
+  input, select {
+    font: inherit;
+    font-size: 0.85rem;
+    padding: 0.25rem 0.35rem;
+    border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
+    border-radius: var(--radius);
+    background: var(--color-surface);
+    color: var(--color-text);
+  }
+  input[type='color'] { padding: 0.1rem; height: 1.9rem; }
+
+  footer {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    gap: 0.4rem;
+    padding: 0.6rem 1rem;
+    border-top: 1px solid var(--color-border);
+  }
+  .spacer { flex: 1; }
+  footer button {
+    font: inherit;
+    font-size: 0.8rem;
+    padding: 0.3rem 0.6rem;
+    border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
+    border-radius: var(--radius);
+    background: var(--color-surface);
+    color: var(--color-text);
+    cursor: pointer;
+  }
+  footer button:hover:not(:disabled) { border-color: var(--color-primary); }
+  footer button:disabled { opacity: 0.4; cursor: not-allowed; }
+  .danger:hover:not(:disabled) { border-color: #c0392b; color: #c0392b; }
+</style>
diff --git a/src/lib/components/Toolbar.svelte b/src/lib/components/Toolbar.svelte
index f1e84e8..3de9b91 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/Toolbar.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/Toolbar.svelte
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   import { blockStyleName } from '../editor/extensions/paragraphStyle';
   import { DEFAULT_STYLE, resolveStyle, styleOrder } from '../styles/styleSheet';
   import { styleSheet } from '../styles/sheet.svelte';
+  import StyleManagerDialog from './StyleManagerDialog.svelte';
   import { t } from '../i18n/i18n.svelte';
   import { withShortcut } from '../i18n/shortcut';
 
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@
   }
 
   let stylesOpen = $state(false);
+  let managerOpen = $state(false);
 
   // $derived re-evaluates whenever `tick` changes (i.e. on every TipTap transaction)
   let isHeading    = $derived(tick >= 0 && !!editor?.isActive('heading'));
@@ -209,6 +211,9 @@
                 {styleLabel(s.name)}
               </button>
             {/each}
+            <button class="ol-option manage" onclick={() => { stylesOpen = false; managerOpen = true; }}>
+              {t().styles.manage}
+            </button>
           </div>
         {/if}
       </div>
@@ -341,6 +346,8 @@
   {/if}
 </div>
 
+<StyleManagerDialog bind:open={managerOpen} {editor} />
+
 <style>
   /* Sits inside the header island (which paints the frosted background). Not a
      stacking context: its dropdowns (z:200) must join the header's context so they
@@ -430,6 +437,14 @@
     line-height: 1.2;
   }
 
+  .manage {
+    margin-top: 2px;
+    border-top: 1px solid var(--color-border);
+    border-radius: 0;
+    font-size: 0.8rem;
+    color: var(--color-text-muted);
+  }
+
   /* Ordered-list split button: main toggle + chevron that opens the numbering
      style menu, rendered as one joined control. */
   .ol-picker {
diff --git a/src/lib/editor/extensions.ts b/src/lib/editor/extensions.ts
index 202305b..dd3b18c 100644
--- a/src/lib/editor/extensions.ts
+++ b/src/lib/editor/extensions.ts
@@ -129,10 +129,12 @@ export const extensions = [
   TrailingNode,
   History,
   Placeholder.configure({ placeholder: 'Start typing…' }),
+  // No defaultAlignment: it would put textAlign:'left' on every block, and that inline
+  // style beats the paragraph style's alignment. Unset = follow the style; an explicit
+  // 'left' stays direct formatting that overrides it, as in Word/LibreOffice.
   TextAlign.configure({
     types: ['paragraph', 'heading'],
     alignments: ['left', 'center', 'right', 'justify'],
-    defaultAlignment: 'left',
   }),
   PageBreaks,
   FormattingMarks,
diff --git a/src/lib/export/docx.ts b/src/lib/export/docx.ts
index a07bb06..324b6d6 100644
--- a/src/lib/export/docx.ts
+++ b/src/lib/export/docx.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { HEADER_SHADE } from '../editor/extensions/tableHeaderRow';
 import { parseBorderAttr, type BorderSide } from '../editor/extensions/tableCellBorders';
 import { effectiveOrderedDefAt, formatOrdinal, childCycle, ROOT_ORDERED_CYCLE, type OrderedCycle } from '../utils/orderedListTypes';
 import { defaultBulletChar } from '../utils/bulletListTypes';
-import { normalizeColor, MAX_HEADING_LEVEL, mergeJoinedParagraphsJson, type HfExport } from './odt';
+import { normalizeColor, MAX_HEADING_LEVEL, mergeJoinedParagraphsJson, twinFontName, type HfExport } from './odt';
 import { builtinStyleSheet, DEFAULT_STYLE, type Style, type StyleSheet } from '../styles/styleSheet';
 import { findFormat, renderFormat, docxPicture, localeTag, DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT, DEFAULT_TIME_FORMAT } from '../utils/dateTime';
 
@@ -862,8 +862,8 @@ function paragraphStyleOf(style: Style): IParagraphStyleOptions {
   const p = style.para;
   const t = style.text;
   const run: Writable<IRunStylePropertiesOptions> = {};
-  // Liberation Serif is the on-screen name; the file declares its metric twin.
-  if (t.fontFamily) run.font = t.fontFamily === 'Liberation Serif' ? DOC_FONT : t.fontFamily;
+  // The registry holds the on-screen family; the file declares its metric twin.
+  if (t.fontFamily) run.font = twinFontName(t.fontFamily);
   if (t.fontSizePt != null) run.size = Math.round(t.fontSizePt * 2);
   if (t.bold != null) run.bold = t.bold;
   if (t.italic != null) run.italics = t.italic;
diff --git a/src/lib/export/odt.ts b/src/lib/export/odt.ts
index b8787fd..042e37b 100644
--- a/src/lib/export/odt.ts
+++ b/src/lib/export/odt.ts
@@ -148,6 +148,14 @@ export const HEADING_FONT = 'Arial';
 export const MAX_HEADING_LEVEL = HEADING_STYLE_OVERRIDES.length;
 export const HEADING_LEVELS = HEADING_STYLE_OVERRIDES.map((_, i) => i + 1);
 
+// The bundled screen font → the metric-identical name declared in files, so
+// LibreOffice and Word render with the editor's metrics.
+export function twinFontName(family: string): string {
+  if (family === ODFKIT_DEFAULT_FONT) return EXPORT_FONT;
+  if (family === 'Liberation Sans') return HEADING_FONT;
+  return family;
+}
+
 // ODF encodes spaces in style names as _20_ ("Heading 1" → "Heading_20_1").
 export function odfStyleName(name: string): string {
   return name.replace(/ /g, '_20_');
@@ -1000,8 +1008,8 @@ function ownStyleAttrs(style: { para: Record<string, unknown>; text: Record<stri
   }
   const text: Record<string, string> = {};
   if (t.fontFamily) {
-    // Liberation Serif is the on-screen name; the file declares its metric twin.
-    const font = t.fontFamily === ODFKIT_DEFAULT_FONT ? EXPORT_FONT : String(t.fontFamily);
+    // The registry holds the on-screen family; the file declares its metric twin.
+    const font = twinFontName(String(t.fontFamily));
     text['style:font-name'] = font;
     text['style:font-name-asian'] = font;
     text['style:font-name-complex'] = font;
diff --git a/src/lib/i18n/locales/de.ts b/src/lib/i18n/locales/de.ts
index 9cbdb6d..d0083ca 100644
--- a/src/lib/i18n/locales/de.ts
+++ b/src/lib/i18n/locales/de.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,31 @@ const de: Messages = {
       '>': 'Winkel',
     },
   },
+  styles: {
+    title: 'Absatzvorlagen',
+    manage: 'Vorlagen verwalten…',
+    custom: 'eigen',
+    inherited: 'geerbt',
+    abstract: 'nur Elternstil',
+    parent: 'Erbt von',
+    font: 'Schriftart',
+    size: 'Größe (pt)',
+    color: 'Farbe',
+    bold: 'Fett',
+    italic: 'Kursiv',
+    underline: 'Unterstrichen',
+    strike: 'Durchgestrichen',
+    alignment: 'Ausrichtung',
+    spaceBefore: 'Abstand oben (pt)',
+    spaceAfter: 'Abstand unten (pt)',
+    indent: 'Einzug (cm)',
+    newFromSelection: 'Neu aus Auswahl',
+    updateFromSelection: 'Aus Auswahl aktualisieren',
+    rename: 'Umbenennen…',
+    reset: 'Auf Standard zurücksetzen',
+    renamePrompt: 'Neuer Name der Vorlage:',
+    newName: 'Vorlage',
+  },
   history: {
     undo: 'Rückgängig',
     redo: 'Wiederholen',
diff --git a/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.ts b/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.ts
index c8ae83d..fb9facb 100644
--- a/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.ts
+++ b/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,31 @@ const en = {
       '>': 'Chevron',
     },
   },
+  styles: {
+    title: 'Paragraph styles',
+    manage: 'Manage styles…',
+    custom: 'own',
+    inherited: 'inherited',
+    abstract: 'parent only',
+    parent: 'Inherits from',
+    font: 'Font',
+    size: 'Size (pt)',
+    color: 'Color',
+    bold: 'Bold',
+    italic: 'Italic',
+    underline: 'Underline',
+    strike: 'Strikethrough',
+    alignment: 'Alignment',
+    spaceBefore: 'Space above (pt)',
+    spaceAfter: 'Space below (pt)',
+    indent: 'Indent (cm)',
+    newFromSelection: 'New from selection',
+    updateFromSelection: 'Update from selection',
+    rename: 'Rename…',
+    reset: 'Reset to default',
+    renamePrompt: 'New style name:',
+    newName: 'Style',
+  },
   history: {
     undo: 'Undo',
     redo: 'Redo',
diff --git a/src/lib/import/docx.ts b/src/lib/import/docx.ts
index ae653a4..d192b84 100644
--- a/src/lib/import/docx.ts
+++ b/src/lib/import/docx.ts
@@ -588,7 +588,8 @@ function styleText(ctx: Ctx, id: string | null): TextProps {
   const run = ctx.styles.paragraphRun(id);
   const out: TextProps = {};
   // Our own export declares the metric twin; keep the registry on the on-screen name.
-  if (run.font) out.fontFamily = run.font === 'Times New Roman' ? 'Liberation Serif' : run.font;
+  if (run.font) out.fontFamily = run.font === 'Times New Roman' ? 'Liberation Serif'
+    : run.font === 'Arial' ? 'Liberation Sans' : run.font;
   if (run.sizeHalfPt != null) out.fontSizePt = Math.round((run.sizeHalfPt / 2) * 10) / 10;
   if (run.bold != null) out.bold = run.bold;
   if (run.italic != null) out.italic = run.italic;
diff --git a/src/lib/import/odt.ts b/src/lib/import/odt.ts
index ee0deeb..b60186d 100644
--- a/src/lib/import/odt.ts
+++ b/src/lib/import/odt.ts
@@ -693,6 +693,14 @@ function blockDefaults(resolver: StyleResolver, named: string | null, headingLev
   };
 }
 
+// The inverse of export/odt.ts twinFontName: a declared metric twin reads back as the
+// bundled family the editor renders.
+function screenFontName(family: string): string {
+  if (family === 'Times New Roman') return 'Liberation Serif';
+  if (family === 'Arial') return 'Liberation Sans';
+  return family;
+}
+
 // ODF encodes spaces as _20_; a style:display-name (when present) is authoritative.
 function displayStyleName(odfName: string, display?: string): string {
   return display || odfName.replace(/_20_/g, ' ');
@@ -729,7 +737,7 @@ function textPropsFromOdf(props: PropMap, resolver: StyleResolver): TextProps {
   const family = resolver.fontFamilyOf(props);
   // Our own export declares the metric twin; keep the registry on the on-screen name
   // so an export→import loop doesn't drift.
-  if (family) out.fontFamily = family === 'Times New Roman' ? 'Liberation Serif' : family;
+  if (family) out.fontFamily = screenFontName(family);
   const size = lengthToPt(props['fo:font-size']);
   if (size != null) out.fontSizePt = Math.round(size * 10) / 10;
   const weight = props['fo:font-weight'];
diff --git a/src/lib/styles/sheet.svelte.ts b/src/lib/styles/sheet.svelte.ts
index 700c47c..878ac4e 100644
--- a/src/lib/styles/sheet.svelte.ts
+++ b/src/lib/styles/sheet.svelte.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // components read styleSheet() in a template or $derived and re-render when it is
 // replaced. Persisted to localStorage like the other document side-cars.
 
-import { builtinStyleSheet, type Style, type StyleSheet } from './styleSheet';
+import { builtinStyleSheet, DEFAULT_STYLE, mergeStoredSheet, STYLE_SHEET_VERSION, type Style, type StyleSheet } from './styleSheet';
 
 const STORAGE_KEY = 'odf-editor-styles';
 
@@ -10,10 +10,7 @@ function load(): StyleSheet {
   const raw = localStorage.getItem(STORAGE_KEY);
   if (!raw) return builtinStyleSheet();
   try {
-    const parsed = JSON.parse(raw) as StyleSheet;
-    if (!parsed?.paragraph || typeof parsed.paragraph !== 'object') return builtinStyleSheet();
-    // Built-ins are re-seeded so a new release's additions show up; stored entries win.
-    return { paragraph: { ...builtinStyleSheet().paragraph, ...parsed.paragraph } };
+    return mergeStoredSheet(JSON.parse(raw));
   } catch {
     return builtinStyleSheet();
   }
@@ -27,10 +24,46 @@ export function styleSheet(): StyleSheet {
 
 export function setStyleSheet(next: StyleSheet): void {
   current = next;
-  localStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY, JSON.stringify(next));
+  localStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY, JSON.stringify({ v: STYLE_SHEET_VERSION, ...next }));
 }
 
 // Replace one style (add or edit) — every block using it re-renders via styleCss.
 export function putStyle(style: Style): void {
   setStyleSheet({ paragraph: { ...current.paragraph, [style.name]: style } });
 }
+
+// Rename a style and re-point everything that referenced it (children, next-styles).
+// Blocks keep their own `styleName`; the caller retags them.
+export function renameStyle(from: string, to: string): void {
+  const style = current.paragraph[from];
+  if (!style || from === to || current.paragraph[to]) return;
+  const paragraph: Record<string, Style> = {};
+  for (const [name, s] of Object.entries(current.paragraph)) {
+    if (name === from) continue;
+    paragraph[name] = { ...s, parent: s.parent === from ? to : s.parent, next: s.next === from ? to : s.next };
+  }
+  paragraph[to] = { ...style, name: to, builtin: undefined };
+  setStyleSheet({ paragraph });
+}
+
+// Delete a style; its children re-parent to its own parent, as in LibreOffice.
+export function deleteStyle(name: string): void {
+  const style = current.paragraph[name];
+  if (!style || style.builtin) return;
+  const paragraph: Record<string, Style> = {};
+  for (const [key, s] of Object.entries(current.paragraph)) {
+    if (key === name) continue;
+    paragraph[key] = {
+      ...s,
+      parent: s.parent === name ? style.parent : s.parent,
+      next: s.next === name ? style.next ?? DEFAULT_STYLE : s.next,
+    };
+  }
+  setStyleSheet({ paragraph });
+}
+
+// Restore a built-in to its factory definition.
+export function resetStyle(name: string): void {
+  const factory = builtinStyleSheet().paragraph[name];
+  if (factory) putStyle(factory);
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/styles/styleSheet.ts b/src/lib/styles/styleSheet.ts
index a6b469a..288c056 100644
--- a/src/lib/styles/styleSheet.ts
+++ b/src/lib/styles/styleSheet.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const BUILTINS: Style[] = [
   { name: DEFAULT_STYLE, parent: null, next: null, builtin: true,
     para: { spaceBefore: 0, spaceAfter: 0 }, text: { fontFamily: 'Liberation Serif', fontSizePt: 12 } },
   { name: HEADING_PARENT, parent: DEFAULT_STYLE, next: DEFAULT_STYLE, builtin: true,
-    para: { spaceBefore: 12, spaceAfter: 6 }, text: { fontFamily: 'Arial', bold: true } },
+    para: { spaceBefore: 12, spaceAfter: 6 }, text: { fontFamily: 'Liberation Sans', bold: true } },
   ...[18, 16, 14, 13, 12].map((size, i) => ({
     name: `Heading ${i + 1}`, parent: HEADING_PARENT, next: DEFAULT_STYLE,
     outlineLevel: i + 1, builtin: true,
@@ -65,20 +65,47 @@ const BUILTINS: Style[] = [
     para: { indent: 1, spaceAfter: 14 }, text: {} },
 ];
 
+// Bumped whenever the built-in definitions change: a stored sheet from an older version
+// keeps its user styles but takes the new factory built-ins (see mergeStoredSheet).
+export const STYLE_SHEET_VERSION = 2;
+
+// A persisted sheet merged onto the current built-ins. Same version: stored entries win
+// (a document's own styles, and edits to built-ins). Older: only user styles survive.
+export function mergeStoredSheet(stored: unknown): StyleSheet {
+  const sheet = builtinStyleSheet();
+  const data = stored as { v?: number; paragraph?: Record<string, Style> } | null;
+  if (!data?.paragraph || typeof data.paragraph !== 'object') return sheet;
+  const current = data.v === STYLE_SHEET_VERSION;
+  for (const [name, style] of Object.entries(data.paragraph)) {
+    if (!style || typeof style !== 'object') continue;
+    if (!current && style.builtin) continue;
+    sheet.paragraph[name] = style;
+  }
+  return sheet;
+}
+
 export function builtinStyleSheet(): StyleSheet {
   const paragraph: Record<string, Style> = {};
   for (const s of BUILTINS) paragraph[s.name] = structuredClone(s);
   return { paragraph };
 }
 
-// The gallery/manager order: built-ins as listed above, user styles after them.
-export function styleOrder(sheet: StyleSheet): Style[] {
+// The gallery order: built-ins as listed above, user styles after them. `Heading` is an
+// abstract parent (LibreOffice's, holding what all levels share) — never assignable, so
+// the gallery hides it; the style manager passes withAbstract to edit it.
+export function styleOrder(sheet: StyleSheet, withAbstract = false): Style[] {
   const names = Object.keys(sheet.paragraph);
-  const builtinOrder = BUILTINS.map(b => b.name).filter(n => names.includes(n) && n !== HEADING_PARENT);
-  const rest = names.filter(n => !builtinOrder.includes(n) && n !== HEADING_PARENT).sort();
+  const hidden = (n: string) => !withAbstract && n === HEADING_PARENT;
+  const builtinOrder = BUILTINS.map(b => b.name).filter(n => names.includes(n) && !hidden(n));
+  const rest = names.filter(n => !builtinOrder.includes(n) && !hidden(n)).sort();
   return [...builtinOrder, ...rest].map(n => sheet.paragraph[n]);
 }
 
+// Styles that exist only to be inherited from.
+export function isAbstractStyle(name: string): boolean {
+  return name === HEADING_PARENT;
+}
+
 export function headingStyleName(level: number): string {
   return `Heading ${level}`;
 }
@@ -99,9 +126,16 @@ export function resolveStyle(sheet: StyleSheet, name: string | null | undefined)
     cur = style.parent ?? '';
   }
   const out: ResolvedStyle = { para: {}, text: {} };
+  // Only defined values layer: a key present as undefined means "not set here", so it
+  // must not wipe what the parent provides.
+  const layer = <T extends object>(target: T, source: T) => {
+    for (const key of Object.keys(source) as (keyof T)[]) {
+      if (source[key] !== undefined) target[key] = source[key];
+    }
+  };
   for (const style of chain.reverse()) {
-    Object.assign(out.para, style.para);
-    Object.assign(out.text, style.text);
+    layer(out.para, style.para);
+    layer(out.text, style.text);
   }
   return out;
 }
@@ -109,7 +143,7 @@ export function resolveStyle(sheet: StyleSheet, name: string | null | undefined)
 // The bundled fonts are exposed as CSS variables; anything else renders by name.
 function cssFontFamily(name: string): string {
   if (name === 'Liberation Serif') return 'var(--font-serif)';
-  if (name === 'Arial') return 'var(--font-heading)';
+  if (name === 'Liberation Sans' || name === 'Arial') return 'var(--font-heading)';
   return `'${name.replace(/'/g, "\\'")}', var(--font-serif)`;
 }
 
@@ -153,3 +187,67 @@ export function styleCss(sheet: StyleSheet): string {
   }
   return rules.join('\n\n');
 }
+
+// ---- block ⇄ style ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+type BlockNode = { type?: { name: string }; attrs?: Record<string, unknown> };
+type BlockMark = { type: { name: string } | string; attrs?: Record<string, unknown> };
+
+// The formatting a block currently shows, read off its attrs and the marks of its text —
+// the raw material for "new style from selection".
+export function propsFromBlock(node: BlockNode, marks: BlockMark[] = []): ResolvedStyle {
+  const a = node.attrs ?? {};
+  const para: ParaProps = {};
+  // Every block carries textAlign:'left' (the TextAlign extension's default), so only a
+  // real choice counts as the block's own alignment.
+  const ta = a.textAlign;
+  if (ta === 'center' || ta === 'right' || ta === 'justify') para.textAlign = ta;
+  if (typeof a.lineHeight === 'string' && a.lineHeight) para.lineHeight = a.lineHeight;
+  if (typeof a.spaceBefore === 'number') para.spaceBefore = a.spaceBefore;
+  if (typeof a.spaceAfter === 'number') para.spaceAfter = a.spaceAfter;
+  if (typeof a.indent === 'number' && a.indent > 0) para.indent = a.indent;
+  if (typeof a.backgroundColor === 'string' && a.backgroundColor) para.backgroundColor = a.backgroundColor;
+  for (const side of ['borderTop', 'borderRight', 'borderBottom', 'borderLeft'] as const) {
+    const v = a[side];
+    if (typeof v === 'string' && v && v !== 'none') para[side] = v;
+  }
+
+  const text: TextProps = {};
+  // The paragraph-mark size sizes the block itself; a run's own size wins below.
+  if (typeof a.fontSize === 'string' && a.fontSize) text.fontSizePt = parseFloat(a.fontSize);
+  const nameOf = (m: BlockMark) => (typeof m.type === 'string' ? m.type : m.type.name);
+  for (const mark of marks) {
+    const name = nameOf(mark);
+    if (name === 'bold') text.bold = true;
+    else if (name === 'italic') text.italic = true;
+    else if (name === 'underline') text.underline = true;
+    else if (name === 'strike') text.strike = true;
+    else if (name === 'textStyle') {
+      const attrs = mark.attrs ?? {};
+      if (typeof attrs.fontFamily === 'string' && attrs.fontFamily) text.fontFamily = attrs.fontFamily;
+      if (typeof attrs.fontSize === 'string' && attrs.fontSize) text.fontSizePt = parseFloat(attrs.fontSize);
+      if (typeof attrs.color === 'string' && attrs.color) text.color = attrs.color;
+      if (attrs.fontWeight === 'normal') text.bold = false;
+    }
+  }
+  return { para, text };
+}
+
+// What `shown` declares beyond `base` — a style's own properties (LibreOffice's
+// "new style from selection" stores exactly this against the parent).
+export function styleDelta(shown: ResolvedStyle, base: ResolvedStyle): ResolvedStyle {
+  const pick = <T extends object>(a: T, b: T): T => {
+    const out = {} as T;
+    for (const key of Object.keys(a) as (keyof T)[]) {
+      if (a[key] !== undefined && a[key] !== b[key]) out[key] = a[key];
+    }
+    return out;
+  };
+  return { para: pick(shown.para, base.para), text: pick(shown.text, base.text) };
+}
+
+// A name that isn't taken yet ("Style", "Style 2", …).
+export function uniqueStyleName(sheet: StyleSheet, base: string): string {
+  if (!sheet.paragraph[base]) return base;
+  for (let i = 2; ; i++) if (!sheet.paragraph[`${base} ${i}`]) return `${base} ${i}`;
+}
diff --git a/tests/unit/style-resolve.test.ts b/tests/unit/style-resolve.test.ts
index bc702af..36c03ee 100644
--- a/tests/unit/style-resolve.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/style-resolve.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
 import {
-  builtinStyleSheet, resolveStyle, styleCss, styleOrder, DEFAULT_STYLE, type StyleSheet,
+  builtinStyleSheet, mergeStoredSheet, resolveStyle, styleCss, styleOrder, DEFAULT_STYLE,
+  STYLE_SHEET_VERSION, type StyleSheet,
 } from '../../src/lib/styles/styleSheet';
 import { HEADING_STYLE_OVERRIDES } from '../../src/lib/export/odt';
 
@@ -12,13 +13,22 @@ describe('named paragraph styles', () => {
     const h1 = resolveStyle(sheet, 'Heading 1');
     expect(h1.text.fontSizePt).toBe(18);          // own
     expect(h1.text.bold).toBe(true);              // from Heading
-    expect(h1.text.fontFamily).toBe('Arial');     // from Heading, shadowing Standard's serif
+    expect(h1.text.fontFamily).toBe('Liberation Sans'); // from Heading, shadowing Standard's serif
     expect(h1.para.spaceBefore).toBe(12);         // from Heading
     const standard = resolveStyle(sheet, DEFAULT_STYLE);
     expect(standard.text.fontFamily).toBe('Liberation Serif');
     expect(standard.para.spaceBefore).toBe(0);
   });
 
+  it('treats an undefined own value as "not set" (the parent still applies)', () => {
+    const sheet = builtinStyleSheet();
+    // What the style manager stores when a field is cleared.
+    sheet.paragraph['Heading 2'] = { ...sheet.paragraph['Heading 2'], text: { fontSizePt: undefined } };
+    const h2 = resolveStyle(sheet, 'Heading 2');
+    expect(h2.text.fontFamily).toBe('Liberation Sans'); // still inherited from Heading
+    expect(h2.text.fontSizePt).toBe(12);        // falls back to Standard's size
+  });
+
   it('falls back to Standard for unknown names and survives a parent cycle', () => {
     const sheet = builtinStyleSheet();
     expect(resolveStyle(sheet, 'Nope').text.fontSizePt).toBe(12);
@@ -58,3 +68,31 @@ describe('named paragraph styles', () => {
     expect(names).toContain('Quotations');
   });
 });
+
+// The sheet lives in localStorage, so a released change to the built-ins has to reach
+// installations that already stored the old ones.
+describe('persisted style sheet', () => {
+  const own = { name: 'Merksatz', parent: 'Standard', next: null, para: {}, text: { bold: true } };
+
+  it('re-seeds built-ins from an older version but keeps user styles', () => {
+    const stale = { v: 1, paragraph: {
+      Heading: { name: 'Heading', parent: 'Standard', next: 'Standard', builtin: true, para: {}, text: { fontFamily: 'Arial' } },
+      Merksatz: own,
+    } };
+    const sheet = mergeStoredSheet(stale);
+    expect(sheet.paragraph['Heading'].text.fontFamily).toBe('Liberation Sans'); // factory again
+    expect(sheet.paragraph['Merksatz']).toEqual(own);                           // user style kept
+  });
+
+  it('keeps stored built-ins of the current version (edits, imported documents)', () => {
+    const edited = { v: STYLE_SHEET_VERSION, paragraph: {
+      Heading: { name: 'Heading', parent: 'Standard', next: 'Standard', builtin: true, para: {}, text: { fontFamily: 'Georgia' } },
+    } };
+    expect(mergeStoredSheet(edited).paragraph['Heading'].text.fontFamily).toBe('Georgia');
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to the built-ins for junk', () => {
+    expect(mergeStoredSheet(null).paragraph['Standard'].text.fontSizePt).toBe(12);
+    expect(mergeStoredSheet({ v: 2 }).paragraph['Heading 1'].text.fontSizePt).toBe(18);
+  });
+});