Lesson 4 - Formatting Text
Lesson 4 - Formatting Text
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Description
Microsoft word allows you to use different fonts with different size. You can change your document's appearance by changing the fonts and their
size. Usually you use different fonts for paragraphs and headings. So it is important to learn how to use different fonts. This chapter will teach
you how to change a font and its size using simple steps.
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Table of contents
2. Text Decoration
5. Text Alignment
6. Indent Paragraph
7. Create Bullets
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Step (1): Select the text that you want to change to a different font and click Home tab. Now click Font Type button to list down all the fonts
available as shown below.
Step (2): Try to move mouse pointer over different fonts listed. You will see that text font changes when you move mouse pointer over different
fonts. You can use Font Scroll Bar to display more fonts available. Finally select a desired font by clicking over the font name in the list. I
selected MV Boli for my sample text.
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Step (3): Similar way, to change the font size, click over the Font Size button which will display a font size list. You will use same procedure to
select a desired font size what you have used while selecting a font type.
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Try to click either of these two buttons and you will see the effect. You can click a single button multiple times to apply the effect. Each time you
click either of the buttons, it will enlarge or reduce the font size by 1 point.
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2. Text Decoration
This chapter will teach you how to decorate your text in Microsoft word 2010. When I'm saying decorate, it means decorate by making it in italic
shape, underlining the text or making it bold to look more fancy. Finally we will see how we can strikethrough a text.
Step (1): Select the text that you want to change to a bold font. You can use any of the text selection method to select the text.
Step (2): Click Font Bold [ B ] button in the Home tab Font group, or simply use Ctrl + Bkeys to make selected text bold.
Step (1): Select the text that you want to change to a bold font. You can use any of the text selection method to select the text.
Step (2): Click Font Italic [ I ] button in the Home tab Font group, or simply use Ctrl + Ikeys to convert text in italic font.
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Step (1): Select the text that you want to change to a bold font. You can use any of the text selection method to select the text.
Step (2): Click Font Underline [ U ] button in the Home tab Font group, or simply use Ctrl + U keys to put an underline under the text.
Step (1): Select the text that you want to change to a bold font. You can use any of the text selection method to select the text.
Step (2): Click Font Strikethrough [ abc ] button in the Home tab Font group to put a line in the middle of the text which is called strikethrough
the text.
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This chapter will teach you how to change cases of your text in Microsoft word 2010. You can also capitalize a character you are typing by
pressing and holding SHIFT while you type. You can also press CAPS LOCK to have every letter that you type be capitalized, and then press
CAPS LOCK again to turn off capitalization.
Step (1): Select the text that you want to change to a bold font. You can use any of the text selection method to select the text.
Step (2): Click the Change Case button and then select Sentence Case option to capitalize the first character of every selected sentence.
Step (1): Select the text that you want to change to a bold font. You can use any of the text selection method to select the text.
Step (2): Click the Change Case button and then select Lowercase option to display all selected words in lowercase.
Lower case
Step (1): Select the text that you want to change to a bold font. You can use any of the text selection method to select the text.
Step (2): Click the Change Case button and then select UPPERCASE option to display all selected words in all caps. All characters of every
selected word will be capitalized.
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Step (1): Select the text that you want to change to a bold font. You can use any of the text selection method to select the text.
Step (2): Click the Change Case button and then select Capitalize Each Word option to put a leading cap on each selected word.
Step (1): Select the text that you want to change to a bold font. You can use any of the text selection method to select the text.
Step (2): Click the Change Case button and then select tOGGLE cASE option to change all lowercase words into uppercase and uppercase
words into lowercase.
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This chapter will teach you how to change text colors and how to mark text which should look like it was marked with a highlighter pen. Finally
we will learn how to apply different effects on a text.
Step (1): Select the text that you want to change to a bold font. You can use any of the text selection method to select the text.
Step (2): Click the Font Color button triangle to display a list of colors. Try to move your mouse pointer over different colors and you will see
text color will change automatically. You can select any of the colors available by simply clicking over it.
If you click at the left portion of the Font Color button, then already selected color will be applied to the text, so you would have to click over
small triangle to display a list of colors.
Font Color
If you do not find a color of your choice, you can use More Colors option to display color pallet box which allows you to select a color from
range of millions of colors.
Step (1): Select the text that you want to change to a bold font. You can use any of the text selection method to select the text.
Step (2): Click the Text Highlight Color button triangle to display a list of colors. Try to move your mouse pointer over different colors and you
will see text color will change automatically. You can select any of the colors available by simply clicking over it.
If you click at the left portion of the Text Highlight Color button, then already selected color will be applied to the text, so you would have to
click over small triangle to display a list of colors.
Step (1): Select the text that you want to change to a bold font. You can use any of the text selection method to select the text.
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Step (2): Click the Text Effect button to display a list of effects including shadow, outline, glow, reflection etc. Try to move your mouse pointer
over different effects and you will see text effect will change automatically. You can select any of the text effect available by simply clicking over
it.
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5. Text Alignment
There are four types of paragraph alignment are available in Microsoft Word left-aligned, centered, right-aligned, and justified.
Step (1): Click anywhere on the paragraph you want to align and click Align Text Left button available on Home tab or simply press Ctrl +
L keys.
Step (1): Click anywhere on the paragraph you want to align and click Center button available on Home tab or simply press Ctrl + E keys.
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Step (1): Click anywhere on the paragraph you want to align and click Align Text Right button available on Home tab or simply press Ctrl +
R keys.
Step (1): Click anywhere on the paragraph you want to align and click Justify button available on Home tab or simply press Ctrl + J keys.
When you click Justify button, it displays four options, justify, justify low, justify high and justify medium. You need to select only justify option.
Difference between these options is that low justify creates little space between two words, medium creates a bit more space and high creates
maximum space between two words to justify the text.
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6. Indent Paragraph
As you know margin settings determine the blank space that appears on each side of a paragraph. You can indent paragraphs in your document
from the left margin, the right margin, or both margins. This chapter will teach you how to indent your paragraphs with or without first line of the
paragraphs.
Left Indentation:
Left indentation means to move the left edge of the paragraph inward towards the center of the paragraph. Let us use the following steps to
create left indentation.
Step (1): Click anywhere on the paragraph you want to indent left and click Increase Indent button available on Home tab or simply press Ctrl
+ M keys. You can click multiple times to create deeper indentation.
Step (2): You can remove left indentation by clicking Decrease Indent button available on Home tab or simply press Ctrl + Shift+ M keys. You
can click multiple times remove deeper indentation.
You can also use to Paragraph Dialog Box to set left and right indentations. We will see this dialog box in last section of this chapter.
Right Indentation:
Right indentation means to move the right edge of the paragraph inward towards the center of the paragraph. Let us use the following steps to
create right indentation.
Step (1): Click anywhere on the paragraph you want to indent right and click Increase Right Indent spinner available on Page Layout tab. You
can click multiple the spinner times to create deeper indentation. You can use Left Indent spinners as well to set left indentation from the same
place.
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Step (2): You can remove right indentation by clicking the Decrease Right Indent spinner in opposite direction.
You can also use to Paragraph Dialog Box to set left and right indentations. We will see this dialog box in the next section.
Step (1): Click anywhere on the paragraph you want to indent right and click the Paragraph Dialog Box Launcher available on Home tab.
Step (2): Click Before Text spinner to set left indentation and select First Line Option to move the left side of the first line of a paragraph
inward toward the center. You can control the movement by setting Indentation Unit. A preview box will give idea no the indentation status.
Hanging Indentation:
You can move the left side of the first line of a paragraph leftward, away from the center which is called hanging indentation. Let us see the
procedure to perform hanging indentation.
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Step (1): Click anywhere on the paragraph you want to indent right and click the Paragraph Dialog Box Launcher available on Home tab.
Step (2): Click Before Text spinner to set left indentation and select Hanging Option to move the left side of the first line of a paragraph
leftward, away from the center. You can control the movement by setting Indentation Unit. A preview box will give idea no the indentation
status.
You can use After Text spinner to set the right indentation. You can try it yourself.
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7. Create Bullets
Microsoft word provides bullets and numbers to put a list of items in a nice order. This chapter will teach you simple steps to create either of the
bulleted or numbered lists in simple steps.
Step (1): Select a list of text to which you want to assign bullets or numbers. You can use any of the text selection method to select the text.
Step (2): Click the Bullet Button triangle to display a list of bullets you want to assign to the list. You can select any of the bullet style available
by simply clicking over it.
Step (3): If you are willing to create a list with numbers then click the Numbering Button triangle instead of bullet button to display a list of
numbers you want to assign to the list. You can select any of the numbering style available by simply clicking over it.
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Step (1): Type *, and then either press the SPACEBAR or press TAB key, and then type the rest of what you want in the first item of the bulleted
list.
Step (2): When you are done with typing, press Enter to add the item in the list automatically and go to add next item in the list.
You can create a numbered list as you type. Word will automatically format it according to your text. Following are the simple steps to create
numbered list as you type.
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Step (1): Type 1, and then either press the SPACEBAR or press TAB key, and then type the rest of what you want in the first item of the
numbered list.
Step (2): When you are done with typing, press Enter to add the item in the list automatically and go to add next item in the list.
You can create sub-lists which are called multi-lists. This is simple to create sub-lists, just press Tab key to put items in sub-list. You can try it
yourself.
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A line spacing is the distance between two lines in a Microsoft Word document. You can increase or decrease this distance as per your
requirement by following few simple steps. This chapter will explain how to set distance between two lines as well as how to set distance
between two paragraphs.
Step (1): Select the paragraph or paragraphs for which you want to define spacing. You can use any of the text selection method to select the
paragraph(s).
Step (2): Click the Line and Paragraph Spacing Button triangle to display a list of options to adjust space between the lines. You can select
any of the option available by simply clicking over it.
Step (1): Select the paragraph or paragraphs for which you want to define spacing and click the Paragraph Dialog Box Launcher available
on Home tab.
Step (2): Click Before spinner to increase or decrease the space before the selected paragraph. Similar way click After spinner to increase or
decrease the space after the selected paragraph. Finally click OK button to apply the changes.
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You can use Line Spacing option available at the dialog box to set line spacing as we have seen in previous example. You can try it yourself.
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Microsoft Word allows you to place a border on any or all of the four sides of selected text, paragraphs, and pages. You can also add many type
of shading to the space occupied by selected text, paragraphs, and pages. This chapter will teach you how to add any of the borders ( left, right,
top or bottom) around a text or paragraph or a page and how to add different shadows to them.
Step (1): Select the text or paragraph to which you want to add border. You can use any of the text selection method to select the paragraph(s).
Step (2): Click the Border Button to display a list of options to put a border around the selected text or paragraph. You can select any of the
option available by simply clicking over it.
Step (3): Try to add different borders like left, right top or bottom by selecting different options from the border options.
Step (4): To delete the existing border, simply select No Border option from the border options.
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Note: You can add a horizontal line by selecting Horizontal Line option from the boder options. Otherwise yype --- (three hyphens) and press
ENTER. A single, light horizontal line will be created between the left and right margins.
Step (1): Click the Border Button to display a list of options to put a border. Select Border and Shading option available at the bottom of list of
the options as shown in above screen capture. This will display a Border and Shading dialog box. This dialog box can be used to set borders
and shading around a selected text or page borders.
Step (2): Click Page Border tab which will display a list of border settings, styles and options whether this border should be applied to the whole
document or just one page or first page.
Step (3): You can use Preview section to disable or enable left, right , top or bottom borders of the page. Follow the given instruction in preview
section itself.
Step (4): You can customize your border by setting its color, width by using different art available under style section.
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You can have similar or even better borders as given below.
Step (1): Click the Border Button to display a list of options to put a border. Select Border and Shading option available at the bottom of list of
the options as shown in above screen capture. This will display a Border and Shading dialog box. This dialog box can be used to set borders
and shading around a selected text or page borders.
Step (2): Click Shading tab which will display options to select fill, color and style and whether this border should be applied to Paragraph or
Text.
Step (3): You can use Preview section to have an idea about the expected result. Once you are done, click OK button to apply the result.
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Microsoft Word tabs help in setting up information properly within a column. Word enables you to set left, center, right, decimal, or bar tabs to
line up columnar information. By default, Word places tabs every .5 inch across the page between the left and right margins.
Tab Description
Left Left-aligns text at tab stop and this is the default tab.
Setting a Tab:
Following are the simple steps to set center and right tabs in a word document. You can use similar steps but different tabs to setup decimal and
bar tabs.
Step (1): Type some text that you want to line up with tab stops. Press the Tab key only once between each column of information you to want
to line up. I typed following three lines
Step (2): Select a tab type using Tab Button, let's say center tab and finally select the paragraph or paragraphs whose tabs you want to set.
Next click the ruler where you want the tab to appear, a tab will appear at the ruler where you just clicked and selected text will be adjusted in
the center.
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Step (3): Now select right tab using Tab Button and click the ruler at the right side where you want to align text at right side. A right tab will
appear at the ruler where you just clicked and selected text will be right aligned.
Moving a Tab:
You can move an already set tab at a particular location by following the simple steps.
Step (1): Click just before the line for which you want to change the tab setting. Drag the tab sign available at the ruler to the left or right.
Step (2): A vertical line marks its position as you drag and when you click and drag a tab, the text moves with the tab.
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If you already have a well formatted text and you want to apply similar formatting to another text then Microsoft Word provides a feature to copy
and apply a format from one text to another text. This is very useful and time saving operation.
Copy and Apply of text formatting works for various text attributes for example text fonts, text colors, margins, headings etc.
Step (1): Select the text containing the formatting that you want to copy. I have selected a text which has bold and underlined font as shown
below.
Step (2): click the Home tab and click the Format Painter button to copy the format of the selected text. As soon as you click the format painter
button, the mouse pointer changes to a paint brush when you move the mouse over your document.
Step (3): Now you are ready to apply the copied text format to any of the selected text. So select a text using mouse where you want to apply
the copied text format. While selecting a text, you have to make sure that your mouse pointer is still in paint brush shape. After selecting the text,
just release right click button of the mouse and you will see that newly selected text is changed to the format used for the original selection. You
can click anywhere outside the selection to continue working on your document for further editing.
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Step (2): When you are done with applying formatting at all the places, again click once at Format Painter to come out of format applying
operation.
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