 Compare & contrast character, paragraph, and document formatting  Identify and define character formats  Define font and point sizes  Compare and contrast serif and sans serif fonts  Identify and practice several ways of selecting text  Format font, font size, font style, and font color  Highlight text  Insert text effects  Apply multiple character formats to text to make it visually appealing and easy-to- read

 Formats applied to selected text  Example: ▪ Font, Font Size, Font Color ▪ Bold, Italic, Underline

 Font  Design of the text  Default—Calibri  How to: ▪ Home Tab—Font Group—Font button ▪ Font Dialog Box Launcher ▪ Mini Toolbar ▪ CTRL + SHIFT + F

SERIF FONTS  Fonts with characters that have lines or curls added at the end of text to embellish it  Examples: ▪ Cambria ▪ Courier ▪ Garamond ▪ Georgia ▪ Times New Roman SANS SERIF FONTS  Fonts without serifs  Examples: ▪ Arial ▪ Calibri ▪ Franklin Gothic ▪ Verdana

 Measured in points  Default—11 pt. ▪ Home Tab—Font Group—Font Size button ▪ Font Dialog Box Launcher ▪ Mini Toolbar ▪ CTRL + SHIFT + P  Grow Font—CTRL + ]  Increases the size of font  Shrink Font—CTRL + [  Decreases the size of font

 Bold—CTRL + B  Darkens Text  Italic—CTRL + I  Slanted Font  Underline—CTRL + U  Underlines Font  Strikethrough  Draws a line through the middle of the font  Superscript  Creates small letters above the line of text  Subscript  Creates small letters below the line of text  Text Effects  Applies visual effect to font (shadow, glow, reflection)  Highlight  Emphasizes important text  Text Color  Changes the color of font  Change Case  Changes case of font (lowercase, uppercase, etc.)

 Compare & contrast character, paragraph, and document formatting  Adjust line spacing and alignment  Customize and insert bullets and numbers to make a document easy-to-read

 Applied to an entire paragraph NOT just a portion  Example: ▪ Line Spacing & Alignment  Paragraph  Any amount of text that ends with a paragraph mark caused by a hard return (pressing ENTER)

 Adding space between lines of text  Default—1.15  How To:  Ribbon ▪ Home Tab—Paragraph Group  Paragraph Dialog Box Launcher  Right Click—Paragraph  Keyboard Short-cuts ▪ Single Spacing:CTRL + 1 ▪ Double Spacing:CTRL + 2

 How the text is positioned between the left and right margins  4 ways: ▪ Left ▪ Center ▪ Right ▪ Justified  How To:  Ribbon ▪ Home Tab—Paragraph Group  Paragraph Dialog Box Launcher  Right Click—Paragraph  Mini Toolbar  Keyboard Shortcuts ▪ Left Align—CTRL + L ▪ Center Align—CTRL + E ▪ Right Align—CTRL + R ▪ Justify—CTRL + J

 Left Alignment  Default (read L  R)  Used for reports  Center Alignment  Used for titles and headings  Right Alignment  Used for aligning numbers  Justified  Aligns text equally between the left and right margins Left AlignedJustified Center Aligned Right Aligned

 How To:  Ribbon—Home Tab—Paragraph Group ▪ Buttons ▪ Bullets  ▪ Numbering   Right Click

 Applied to an entire document  Insertion point can be anywhere in the document  Applied before or after text is entered ▪ Example: ▪ Margins, Orientation, Headers/Footers, Page Numbers

 Portrait Orientation (Default)  Formats the contents of the document with the SHORT edge of the page at the top  Landscape Orientation  Formats the contents of the document sideways with the LONG side of the page at the top  How To:  Ribbon ▪ Page Layout Tab—Page Set-up Group ▪ File Tab—Print Section—Page Set-up Link

 Blank space around the edges of the page  Default: ▪ 1 inch on all sides

 Soft Breaks  Automatically inserted when you fill a page  Hard Breaks  Inserted manually that forces text to another page  How To: ▪ Ribbon ▪ Insert Tab—Pages Group—Break Button ▪ CTRL + ENTER