MS Word Fonts and Formatting

Study Notes

Commonly used fonts in MS Word include various options.
By default, the font used for text in MS Word is a specific one.
The look of a font can be varied by changing font style, size, and other attributes.

The Mini Toolbar appears when the user selects text.
The Font group includes buttons for changing font and most font attributes.
If a font attribute does not appear in the Font group, click the Dialog Box Launcher.
The Dialog Box Launcher displays additional font attributes.

A paragraph is created by typing text and then pressing the Enter key.
The look of a paragraph can be changed by modifying alignment, indentation, and spacing.

The white space around the text on each page is known as the margin.
To define the margins of the document, click the Page Layout tab.
To make multiple adjustments to alignment, indentation, and spacing, use the Paragraph dialog box.
The Paragraph dialog box can be displayed by clicking the Dialog Box Launcher.

To indicate where each line of text starts and ends, drag the First Line Indent marker.
To indicate where the first line of the paragraph begins, drag the Top Indent marker.
To indicate where the second and subsequent lines of the paragraph begin, drag the Hanging Indent marker.
To indicate where the text indents, drag the Left Indent marker.
To indicate where the text wraps, drag the Right Indent marker.

To align each line of the paragraph at the left margin with a ragged right edge, click the Align Left button or press Ctrl + L.
To align each line of the paragraph at the right margin with a ragged left edge, click the Align Right button or press Ctrl + R.
To align each line of the paragraph between the left and right margins with left and right ragged edges, click the Justify button or press Ctrl + J.
To align each line of the paragraph between the margins, creating even left and right edges, click the Justify button or press Ctrl + J.

To adjust the spacing between lines in a paragraph, click the Line Spacing button.
The user can add space between paragraphs by adjusting the Paragraph Spacing.

To start a bulleted list, click the Bullets button or press Ctrl + Shift + L.
To start a numbered list, click the Numbering button or press Ctrl + Shift + F.
Typing an asterisk at the beginning of a paragraph and then pressing the spacebar key starts a bulleted list.
Typing the number 1 followed by a period at the beginning of a paragraph and then pressing the spacebar key starts a numbered list.
To end a list, click the Bullets arrow or Numbering arrow in the Paragraph group and then click None, or press Ctrl + Shift + L or Ctrl + Shift + F.