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Basic Word Processing

To summarize the key points on formatting text in a document: 1. Text can be formatted using styles for font, size, color, underline, and italics. Alignment can be set to left, right, center or justify. 2. Small caps, superscript, subscript and hyperlinks can be added. Indents and line spacing can be adjusted. 3. Tab stops and drop caps can be used to format paragraphs. Page orientation can be switched between portrait and landscape.

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Basic Word Processing

To summarize the key points on formatting text in a document: 1. Text can be formatted using styles for font, size, color, underline, and italics. Alignment can be set to left, right, center or justify. 2. Small caps, superscript, subscript and hyperlinks can be added. Indents and line spacing can be adjusted. 3. Tab stops and drop caps can be used to format paragraphs. Page orientation can be switched between portrait and landscape.

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1.

Font settings
To changefontstyle,sizeand appearance
:
. Selectthe targetedtext(highlight
_ clickanddrag).
. Choosefromfontstyle,.size,
c-ofor,
Uofa,,nlerfine,and italics
- -- -'
by clicking
!.'!^"':
on the iconsin yourtoolbaracrossthe top
' rf you setyourmouseon the oi tle screen.
iconswithout.ii.ring, the icondescription
display. wiil

2. Alignment
There.are fourtypesof align,whichcanbe set using
. leftalion- textlinesup with "'' the iconsin the toolbar:
the teftmargln
. riqhtalign- textlinesup
withthe ,ighi;irgin
. centeraliqn- the centerpoint
of thEtextis"equidistant fromthe
- leftandrightmargins of page
' iultitu- insehsspacins-b;."Ji;;;';;i;n""
the
to expandeachrineor
textto spanbetweenthe pagemargins

3. SmallCaps
To applysmallcapsto tex :
. Selectthe targetedrext.
. Format- Character _ FontEffects
. UnderEffecrsselect Small
Capitals
4. Superscriptand Subscdpt
To apply.either
superscript or subscriptto text :
. 5etectthe targetedtext.
. Format- Character_ position
. Chooseeithersuperscript (ie _ x2)or subscript(ie _ HzO)
' superscript
is positioned
above
theu"i"rir"lia suusc-ript
is positioned
belowthe baseline.

5. Adding a Hyperlink
To adda hyperlinkto a weblocation:
. Insert- Hyperlink
. The targetis the webaddress
youwantto linkto.
. The textis whatyouwant
to ,t o* ,p on-yor,.,ir""n, for the userto
on. click
. CfickApplyandthenC/ose.
6. SettingIndents
To set an indentto a paragraph:
. Format- Paragraph - Indentsand Spacing
. Enterthe amountyouwantindentedbesidethe requiredstyle:
. firstlineindent- fiov€s (indents)thefirstlineof text in the paragraphby
the enteredamount.fromthe left
. leftindent- indentsthe paragraph fromthe left,accordingto the amount
you enter
. riqhtindent- indentsthe paragraph fromthe right,accordingto the amount
you enter

7. Line Spacing
To specifythe amountof spacebetweenlines:
. Selectthe targetedtext.
. Format- Paragraph
. Under"LineSpacing"selectthe desiredamountof spacingyouwant
betweenlines(ie - double)

8. Tab Stops
To haveyourtext lineup according to a givenmeasurement on the rulerat the
top of the screen:
. Selectthe targetedsectionof text.
. Format- Paragraph- Tabs
. Orderis very important- you mustenterspecifications fromleftto right.
Also,evenif the settingyou desireis alreadyselectedor set,you must
selectit regardless (evenif this meansre-selecting the samechoice)so
that it registersthe optionwiththe givenselectionof text.
. Position- according to the rulerat the top,wheredo you wantthe
tab to stop?
. Tvpe- whichpartof the textdo youwantlinedup withthe
measurement?
. Fill Character- oftenreferredto as dottedleader
- fillsthe spacebetweentab stopswitha selected
style
. ClickNery.
. Createthe nexttab stop,pushingNeryaftereachone.
. Whencompletely donesettingalltab stops,clickOK.
. Whenusingtab stops,you needto typeall information first,thenbe sureto
hit tab once (and onlyonce)beforeeachitemin yourtargettext.
9. Drop Caps
To createa dropcap (whichis anycapitalletterto whichyou applyspecialsizing
andformattingto makethatcapitalstandoutfromthe restof the text':
. Selecttext.
. Format- Paragraph - DropCaps
. Clickon DisplayDrop Caps.

10. PageOrientation
To changethe orientation of yourpage:
. Format- Page- Page
. Chooseeitherportraitor landscape.
. Portraitis a tall page(vertical).
' Landscape is a widepage(horizontal).

11. Footers
To inserta footer(a lineof textthatappearsat the bottomof eachprintedpage).
" Insert- Footer- Default
. Thiswill placean emptytext boxat the bottomof eachpagein your
document.The information youtypewillappearthe sameon everypage.

12. AutomaticPageNumbering
To insertautomaticpagenumbering on everypageof a document:
. Inserta footer.
' Insert- Fields- pageNumbering
' Thismustbe setautomaticaily becauseif youtypeit in manuaily,it wirl
showthe samepagenumberon eachpage.
. Arabicnumerals arethe regularnumbersthatwe use(ie_ 1, 2, 3...).

13. Footnotes
A fogtnoteinsertsa small,superscriptednumberbesidea wordand thenopensa
textboxat the bottomof thatpageonly,withthe conesponding numberand
roomto typethe textyou need. lt is usedto definewordsor citations.

To inserta footnote:
. Putyourcursorbehindthe wordthatyouwanta footnote
appliedto.
. Insert- Footnote- Default
. Go to the bonomof thatpageandtypein the necessary
rext.
14. Insertingthe CurrentDate
To havethe currentdateappearon eachpage:
. lnserta headeror footer(if necessarv).
. Insert- Fields- Date

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