When you import a document from Microsoft Word, any styles it contains are imported into the Pages document and can then be used the same way you use any other styles created within Pages.
You can import styles that have already been defined in another Pages document without importing the document's content.
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Choose Format > Import Styles.
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Select the document that contains the styles you want to import, and then click Open.
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Select the styles you want to import in the dialog. Hold down the Command key as you click the style names to select multiple styles, or click Select All.
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To replace styles in your document that have the same name as the styles you are importing, select “Replace duplicates.”
Note that replacing a style will affect any text that uses this style. Replacing a style also changes the style of text in locked objects, but the text retains its original appearance.
If an imported style has the same name as a style in the open document and you do not select “Replace duplicates,” a number is appended to the name of the imported style. For example, if you import a style called Body to a document that already contains a Body style, the imported style will be named Body 2.
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Click OK.
You can make imported paragraph styles available by clicking the Paragraph Style pop-up menu in the format bar and in the Styles drawer of your document. Imported character and list styles will be available in the Styles drawer.
To maintain a consistent look among several documents, keep a master document that contains all the styles you need. When you need to change a style, change it in the master document and import the master document's styles into the other documents.