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Formatting Text

This document provides instructions for formatting text in Microsoft Word 2010, including changing font size and style, applying bold, italics and underline, adjusting case and color, highlighting text, and aligning text. Step-by-step instructions are given for each formatting option, such as selecting text, choosing formatting options from tabs like Home or Font, and previewing changes before applying to the document. The goal is to help the reader design effective documents by drawing attention to parts of the text and communicating messages clearly.

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Formatting Text

This document provides instructions for formatting text in Microsoft Word 2010, including changing font size and style, applying bold, italics and underline, adjusting case and color, highlighting text, and aligning text. Step-by-step instructions are given for each formatting option, such as selecting text, choosing formatting options from tabs like Home or Font, and previewing changes before applying to the document. The goal is to help the reader design effective documents by drawing attention to parts of the text and communicating messages clearly.

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Using Microsoft Word 2010 With Word

Introduction

Getting Started

To create and design effective documents, you need to know how to format text. In addition to making your document more appealing, formatted text can draw the reader's attention to specific parts of the document and help communicate your message. In this lesson you will learn to format the font size, style, and color; highlight the text; and use the Bold, Italic, Underline, and Change Case commands. To Change the Font Size:
1. Select the text you wish to modify. 2. Click the drop-down arrow next to the Font Size box on the Home tab. A drop-down menu appears. 3. Move the mouse pointer over the various font sizes. A live preview of the font size will appear in the document.

Changing the font size 4. Select the font size you wish to use.

Using Microsoft Word 2010 With Word

Getting Started

You can also use the Grow Font and Shrink Font commands to change the size.

The Grow Font and Shrink Font commands

To Change the Font:


1. Select the text you wish to modify. 2. Click the drop-down arrow next to the Font box on the Home tab. The Font dropdown menu appears. 3. Move the mouse pointer over the various fonts. A live preview of the font will appear in the document.

Chang ing the font 4. Select the font you wish to use. The font will change in the document.

To Change the Font Color:


1. Select the text you wish to modify. 2. Click the Font Color drop-down arrow on the Home tab. The Font Color menu appears. 3. Move the mouse pointer over the various font colors. A live preview of the color will appear in the document.

Using Microsoft Word 2010 With Word

Getting Started

Changing the font color 4. Select the font color you wish to use. The font color will change in the document.

Your color choices aren't limited to the drop-down menu that appears. Select More Colors at the bottom of the list to access the Colors dialog box. Choose the color that you want and click OK. To Highlight Text:
1. From the Home tab, click the Text Highlight Color drop-down arrow. The Highlight Color menu appears.

Choosing a highlight color 2. Select the desired highlight color. 3. Select the text you wish to modify. It will then be highlighted.

Using Microsoft Word 2010 With Word

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Highlighting text 4. To switch back to the normal cursor, click the Text Highlight Color command.

To Use the Bold, Italic, and Underline Commands:


1. Select the text you wish to modify. 2. Click the Bold (B), Italic (I), or Underline (U) command in the Font group on the Home tab.

Making text bold

To Change the Text Case:


1. Select the text you wish to modify. 2. Click the Change Case command in the Font group on the Home tab. 3. Select the desired case option from the list.

Changing the text case

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To Change Text Alignment:

Getting Started

1. Select the text you wish to modify. 2. Select one of the four alignment options from the Paragraph group on the Home tab.
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Align Text Left: Aligns all the selected text to the left margin. Center: Aligns text an equal distance from the left and right margins. Align Text Right: Aligns all the selected text to the right margin. Justify: Justified text is equal on both sides and lines up equally to the right and left margins. Many newspapers and magazines use full-justification.

The four alignment options

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