diff --git a/MANUAL.txt b/MANUAL.txt
index e74ca9ad7..7f4081327 100644
--- a/MANUAL.txt
+++ b/MANUAL.txt
@@ -790,11 +790,12 @@ Options affecting specific writers
     than modifying the styles used by pandoc: [paragraph]
     Normal, Body Text, First Paragraph, Compact, Title,
     Subtitle, Author, Date, Abstract, Bibliography, Heading 1,
-    Heading 2, Heading 3, Heading 4, Heading 5, Heading 6, Block
-    Text, Footnote Text, Definition Term, Definition, Caption,
-    Table Caption, Image Caption, Figure, Figure With Caption,
-    TOC Heading; [character] Default Paragraph Font, Body Text
-    Char, Verbatim Char, Footnote Reference, Hyperlink; [table]
+    Heading 2, Heading 3, Heading 4, Heading 5, Heading 6,
+    Heading 7, Heading 8, Heading 9, Block Text, Footnote Text,
+    Definition Term, Definition, Caption, Table Caption,
+    Image Caption, Figure, Figure With Caption, TOC Heading;
+    [character] Default Paragraph Font, Body Text Char,
+    Verbatim Char, Footnote Reference, Hyperlink; [table]
     Normal Table.
 
     ODT: For best results, the reference ODT should be a modified
diff --git a/data/docx/word/styles.xml b/data/docx/word/styles.xml
index d19c4c7fb..5d09a67b0 100644
--- a/data/docx/word/styles.xml
+++ b/data/docx/word/styles.xml
@@ -251,6 +251,66 @@
       <w:szCs w:val="24" />
     </w:rPr>
   </w:style>
+  <w:style w:type="paragraph" w:styleId="Heading7">
+    <w:name w:val="Heading 7" />
+    <w:basedOn w:val="Normal" />
+    <w:next w:val="BodyText" />
+    <w:uiPriority w:val="9" />
+    <w:unhideWhenUsed />
+    <w:qFormat />
+    <w:pPr>
+      <w:keepNext />
+      <w:keepLines />
+      <w:spacing w:before="200" w:after="0" />
+      <w:outlineLvl w:val="6" />
+    </w:pPr>
+    <w:rPr>
+      <w:rFonts w:asciiTheme="majorHAnsi" w:eastAsiaTheme="majorEastAsia" w:hAnsiTheme="majorHAnsi" w:cstheme="majorBidi" />
+      <w:color w:val="4F81BD" w:themeColor="accent1" />
+      <w:sz w:val="24" />
+      <w:szCs w:val="24" />
+    </w:rPr>
+  </w:style>
+  <w:style w:type="paragraph" w:styleId="Heading8">
+    <w:name w:val="Heading 8" />
+    <w:basedOn w:val="Normal" />
+    <w:next w:val="BodyText" />
+    <w:uiPriority w:val="9" />
+    <w:unhideWhenUsed />
+    <w:qFormat />
+    <w:pPr>
+      <w:keepNext />
+      <w:keepLines />
+      <w:spacing w:before="200" w:after="0" />
+      <w:outlineLvl w:val="7" />
+    </w:pPr>
+    <w:rPr>
+      <w:rFonts w:asciiTheme="majorHAnsi" w:eastAsiaTheme="majorEastAsia" w:hAnsiTheme="majorHAnsi" w:cstheme="majorBidi" />
+      <w:color w:val="4F81BD" w:themeColor="accent1" />
+      <w:sz w:val="24" />
+      <w:szCs w:val="24" />
+    </w:rPr>
+  </w:style>
+  <w:style w:type="paragraph" w:styleId="Heading9">
+    <w:name w:val="Heading 9" />
+    <w:basedOn w:val="Normal" />
+    <w:next w:val="BodyText" />
+    <w:uiPriority w:val="9" />
+    <w:unhideWhenUsed />
+    <w:qFormat />
+    <w:pPr>
+      <w:keepNext />
+      <w:keepLines />
+      <w:spacing w:before="200" w:after="0" />
+      <w:outlineLvl w:val="8" />
+    </w:pPr>
+    <w:rPr>
+      <w:rFonts w:asciiTheme="majorHAnsi" w:eastAsiaTheme="majorEastAsia" w:hAnsiTheme="majorHAnsi" w:cstheme="majorBidi" />
+      <w:color w:val="4F81BD" w:themeColor="accent1" />
+      <w:sz w:val="24" />
+      <w:szCs w:val="24" />
+    </w:rPr>
+  </w:style>
   <w:style w:type="paragraph" w:styleId="BlockText">
     <w:name w:val="Block Text" />
     <w:basedOn w:val="BodyText" />