This document discusses various text formatting options in Microsoft Word, including: - Formatting words as bold, italic, underlined or with different fonts and sizes to emphasize parts of the text. - Using headings, bullet points, numbered lists, and tables to organize text and present information clearly. - Applying formatting at the character, paragraph, or document level. - Choosing from options like font style (serif, sans serif, script), case, color, and effects to customize text appearance. The Format Painter tool allows copying formatting from one text selection to another for consistency. Proper formatting helps communicate your message but too much can distract readers.

1. Formatting Text

3. Include headings to break up text based on concepts, making it easier to read.

4. Use bulleted or numbered lists to clearly identify important points you want to make.

5. Use tab tables to present numerical data in a way that's easy to read.

7. Paragraph formatting allows you to change the appearance of entire paragraphs. For example, you can change the line spacing or justification, add tabs, or increase the amount of indentation. Paragraph formatting is applied to an entire paragraph; you can't apply it to only part of a paragraph.

8. Document/Page formatting allows you to change the appearance of an entire document or document sections. For example, you can change the margins or add a header and footer. Document or Page formatting is applied to the whole document or selected sections. I suggest that unless you are creating an outline, formatting is the last thing you do, after you type in all of the text.

10. Size refers to the size of the characters. Font size is set in points, a typographic measurement roughly equal to 1/72 of an inch. The default font size is 10 points

11. Style refers to the appearance of the font characters. Regular, bold, italic, and bold italic are four examples

12. Underline refers to lines under text, such as single, double, word, or dotted.

13. Case refers to Word’s 5 options to change text case

14. Color refers to the text color.

15. Effect refers to special effects that can be applied to font characters, such as strikethrough, superscript, shadow, emboss, and small caps. In many cases, you can apply more than one effect to characters. But be warned that overusing effects can make your documents look trashy

17. Font Size The Font dialog box also allows you to change the size of a font. You can use different font sizes to give emphasis to different parts of your document. Font size is commonly expressed in points. Font sizes range from 8 point (extremely small) to 72 point (very big). Arial 10 Point Arial 12 Point Arial 20 Point Arial 26 Point The standard Font size for most documents is 10 or 12 Point. You can preview different font sizes in the Preview window in the Font dialog box.

18. Change Case of Text You can change the case of the text in your document without retyping it. First – select the text you want to change Change the case of your text. Sentence case change the case of your text. Lower case CHANGE THE CASE OF YOUR TEXT. Upper Case Change The Case Of Your Text. Title Case cHANGE THE CASE OF YOUR TEXT. Toggle Case On the HOME tab  Change Case Button Word offers you 5 case styles to choose from. Click to make your selection

20. Font size enables you to select a size. You can also click in the box and type in a size.

21. Bold enables you to apply the bold style.

22. Italic enables you to apply the italic style.

24. Click the downward-pointing arrow to the right of the text color button in the Font group A color palette appears.

25. Click the color you want to apply.

27. The Font Dialog Box The Font dialog box (found in the FONT GROUP or by right clicking selected text) is another way to change your font, adjust its size and style and preview it. Click on the small triangle in the lower right corner of the FONT GROUP Set options as desired in this dialog box. As you make changes, the text in the Preview area changes accordingly, so you can see what the text looks like with your changes applied. When you're satisfied with your changes, click the OK button. The dialog box disappears and the formatting options you selected are applied. By clicking the “default” button, you let Word know that all future documents should start out using this font and style.

28. special text effects Choose to underline your text with many different line styles and colors Word offers many special effects. Click to check the effects you want and see the results in the preview pane.

29. Change Spacing Between Characters Increasing the amount of space between characters can give headings a unique look. You can decrease the amount of space between characters to fit more text on a line in your document. NormalExpandedCondensed

30. You may want to copy the formatting of text to make all the headings or important words in your document look the same. This will give your document a consistent appearance. You've applied font, font size, a type style, and spacing. Your text is formatted exactly the way you want it. When you need to repeat this particular format throughout a document, you don't have to go through the long process of individually formatting text over and over again. Instead, use Word's shortcut: Format Painter. To use the Format Painter: Highlight the text containing the formatting you want to use on another piece of text. Click the Format Painter button (in the CLIPBOARD GROUP) Your mouse turns into an I-beam cursor with a paintbrush to the left Select the text you want to format. When you release the left mouse button, Word formats the text with all the formatting characteristics of the text you selected. Using Format Painter If you want to copy the formatting to several sections, double click the icon and it will stay in use until you press the esc key.