Transcript Spotlight on Word Processing

Chapter 3:
Formatting
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Bold text for emphasis
Underline text for emphasis
Italicize text for emphasis
Change the font
Change the size of the text
Change the color of the text
Create a bulleted list
Choose a custom bullet
Create a numbered list
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bold
bullet font
bullets
font size
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font
italic
underline
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Key text as instructed.
To center your text, hold down Ctrl and press the
letter E.
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Darker, thicker text.
When formatting a line or paragraph, you need
to select the text first.
When formatting a single word, you do not have
to select the word first.
Click the Bold button on the Home Ribbon.
Click the Bold button again to turn it off.
Hold Ctrl and press the letter B to bold.
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Text that slants to the right.
Click the Italic button on the Home Ribbon
Hold Ctrl and press the letter I to italicize.
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Text with a straight line below it.
Click the Underline button on the Home Ribbon.
Hold Ctrl and press the letter U to underline.
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Font size is measured in points.
The higher the point size, the bigger the text will
be.
The largest font size available is 1638.
Select the text.
Click the Dialog box launcher to the right of the
Font label.
Font, size, color, and effects can be changed
from the Font dialog box.
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Select the text.
Click the Font drop-down arrow on the Home
Ribbon.
Click the Font Size drop-down arrow on the
Home Ribbon.
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Select the text.
Click the Font Color drop-down arrow.
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Bullets are small dots or other pictures used
when creating lists.
They should be consistent throughout the list.
Bullet formatting can either be added before or
after typing the list.
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Select the list.
Click the Bullets drop-down arrow on the Home
Ribbon.
Click Define New Bullet.
Click Symbol button.
Choose a bullet font.
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Select the list.
Click the Numbering button on the Home
Ribbon.
Default formatting is a number followed by a
period.
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Select the text.
Change the size.
Change the font color.
Change the font.
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Formatting such as bold, underline, and italic can
add emphasis to text.
Bold text is thicker and darker.
Italicized text slants to the right.
You can change the font using the buttons on the
Home Ribbon.
Font choices can help to add emotion to your text.
The default font in Microsoft Word is Calibri, size 11.
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The largest font size is 1638.
You should not use more than three different fonts
within a document.
Using more than one font color within a word makes
it hard to read.
Bullets are small dots, pictures, or symbols used to
identify items in a list.
Wingdings is a very popular bullet font.
Lists can be formatted to include bullets or numbers.
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