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Formatting text
Formatted text can emphasize important information and help organize your document. In Word, you have
several options for adjusting the font of your text, including size, color, and inserting special symbols. You
can also adjust the alignment of the text to change how it is displayed on the page.
TO CHANGE THE FONT SIZE:
Select the text you want to modify.
Click the drop-down arrow next to the Font Size box on the Home
tab. A drop-down menu appears.
Select the desired font size from the menu. Alternatively, you can
type the value you want and then press Enter on your keyboard.
TO CHANGE THE FONT:
Select the text you want to modify.
Click the drop-down arrow next to the Font box on the
Home tab. The Font drop-down menu appears.
Move the mouse pointer over the various fonts. A live
preview of the font will appear in the document.
Select one of the four alignment options from the Paragraph group on the Home tab.
Align Text Left: Aligns all selected text to the left margin
Center: Aligns text an equal distance from the left and right margins
Align Text Right: Aligns all selected text to the right margin
Justify: Aligns text equally on both sides and lines up equally to the right and left margins; used by many
newspapers and magazines.
TO USE THE SAVE AS COMMAND:
Save As allows you to choose a name and location for your document. It's useful if you've first created a
document or if you want to save a different version of a document while keeping the original.
LINE SPACING
Adjusting the line spacing will affect how easily your document can be read. You can increase spacing to
improve readability, or reduce it to fit more text on the page.
Line spacing can either be measured in lines or points. For example, when text is double spaced, the line
spacing is two lines high. On the other hand, you might set 12-point text with something like 15-point
spacing, which gives enough height for the text plus a little extra space. You can reduce the line spacing to
fit more lines on the page, or you can increase it to improve readability.
TO FORMAT LINE SPACING:
1) Select the text you want to format.
2) Click the Line and Paragraph Spacing command in the Paragraph group on the Home tab.
3) Select the desired spacing option from the drop-down menu.
Text boxes are useful for helping to organize your document. They are basically treated the same as shapes,
so when you insert a text box you can format it by changing its fill color, outline color, and shape style, as
well as create WordArt and add 3D effects.
You may want to insert a text box into your document to draw attention to specific
text or have the ability to easily move text within a document. Text boxes are
basically treated the same as shapes, so you can add the same types of effects to
them and can even change their shape.
Text boxes
Text boxes are useful for helping to organize your document. They are basically
treated the same as shapes, so when you insert a text box you can format it by
changing its fill color, outline color, and shape style, as well as create WordArt and
add 3D effects.
TO INSERT A TEXT BOX:
1) Select the Insert tab on the Ribbon.
2) Click the Text Box command in the Text group. A drop-down menu will appear.
3) Select Draw Text Box.
Select the desired image file, then click Insert to add it to your
document. To insert a picture from a file: