LESSON 7 #1.07 WORKING WITH THEMES, STYLE SETS, BACKGROUNDS, QUICK PARTS, AND TEXT BOXES

THEMES Set of predefined formatting options that includes Theme colors, fonts, and effects. Can be customized, saved and used in other documents. Applying a theme changes the overall design of the entire document. Contains the following elements: Theme Colors Theme Fonts Theme Effects

THEMES Color Schemes contain: 4 Text and Background colors 6 Accent colors 2 Hyperlink colors Fonts contain: Heading font Body text font

THEMES – CUSTOMIZE COLOR At the bottom of the Colors menu, click Customize Colors; the Create New Theme Colors dialog box opens You can also customize the Font by selecting Customize Fonts at the bottom on the Fonts menu

THEMES – CUSTOMIZE DOCUMENT EFFECTS Theme Effects are sets of lines and fill effects. Quickly changes the general look of objects on your document. Each option uses various borders and visual effects, such as shading and shadow, to give your objects a different look. The shapes will display based on the effect you selected.

DOCUMENT FORMATTING Document Formatting is a new group in Word 2013, located on the Design tab. Style Sets change the appearance of the entire document. Style Set: Pre-defined styles with fonts and paragraph spacing defined. Before applying Style Sets, the document must contain Quick Styles applied from the Styles Group on the Home Ribbon

BACKGROUND – PAGE COLOR Refers to the Color of the page, can be used to add originality and interest to a page. In the Page Background group, click the Page Color button to open the color menu and gallery Select the Fill Effects to display choices for Gradient, Textures, etc.

WATERMARK In the Page Background group of the Design tab Lightly shaded graphic/text that appears behind text. May convey the nature of a document’s contents, for example: Confidential Can be customized to include text, images, or logos. To Remove a Watermark open the Watermark menu and select Remove Watermark.

PAGE BORDER Border goes around the entire page A border improves the appearance of the document. You can customize: color, width, and style in the Borders and Shading dialog box To adjust the position of page borders, go to Options in the Borders and Shading dialog box. Page Borders is in the Page Background group on the Design tab

QUICK PARTS Preformatted text: Cover pages, Headers, Footers, Page numbers, Text boxes, and Watermarks that can be inserted anywhere in the document. To reuse content in your document, select it and save it to your Quick Parts gallery to customize and create your own Building Blocks. Insert Ribbon - Text Group

BUILDING BLOCKS ORGANIZER Building Block: Built-in reusable content such as text, graphics, and objects that can be easily managed and inserted in a document for a quick format. Often referred to as AutoText (new option within the Quick Parts menu)

INSERTING EQUATIONS Two places to insert Equations: Insert > Symbols > Equations Equations Tools Design Ribbon appears Building Blocks Organizer Equation Gallery

INSERTING FIELDS Located in the Quick Parts drop-down menu A Field is a Placeholder where Word inserts content in a document. Word automatically uses fields when specific commands are activated, such as inserting dates, formulas, page numbers, etc. Also referred to as Field Codes and have curly {} brackets surrounding them. To turn on use: (Alt+F9) Dates are automatically updated

AUTOTEXT AutoText adds text automatically when you type the first few characters as you learn in Lesson 1 when you typed the month. There are times when you type the same text many times, and creating AutoText entries saves you time. The entries are stored as Building Blocks in the Building Blocks Organizer and can be edited once they are created. After an AutoText is created and saved, you can insert the AutoText in the document.

TEXT BOX A preformatted box/placeholder in which you can place and position text or objects. Word provides a galley of built-in text boxes with Pull Quotes and Sidebars that you can insert in a document. Used to bring focus to the content it contains and is great for showcasing with specific emphasis or visual interest, important text, such as headings or quotes. Insert Ribbon – Text Group

TEXT BOX Pull Quote: A sentence or other text that is pulled out of or quoted from a larger selection of text. Displayed within a box on the page for emphasis and for ease of movement; often used along with drop caps in newsletters, advertisements, and magazines. A customized, formatted Text Box can then be saved to the Building Blocks Gallery with the ‘Save Selection to Text Box Gallery’ command. Format the Text Box with the Drawing Tools, Format tab.

DROP CAP A large initial letter that drops down two or more lines at the beginning of a paragraph to indicate that a new block of information is beginning and to give interest to newsletters or magazine articles. Used to add visual interest. Insert Ribbon – Text Group

SPECIAL CHARACTERS Special characters include recognizable symbols used by individuals or businesses to differentiate their product or service to a specific target population. Copyright © symbols are used to protect books, songs, and other original work from authors or artists. Trademark™ is an unregistered trademark and is used to promote the company’s goods.