1. Principles of Information Technology
Text Effects Vocabulary
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2. Ribbons
An organized group of related commands displayed by clicking its tab.
Each collection of commands found in a ribbon is further grouped into sections.
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3. Font Dialog Box
Main option on the “Home” ribbon that provides you with font options such as font type, style, size, color, and text effects.
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4. Font Type
There are hundreds of font types (such as Times New Roman or Arial) that change the way a word appears and provides visual impact and style.
Arial
Arial Black
Calibri
Courier New
Franklin Gothic
Impact
Mistral
Times New Roman
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5. Font Size
Text sizes range from very tiny to extremely large (with point sizes from 8 – 72) or customized sizes that you can type in
up to any size, but ~600 is about the largest you can go to fit on one page
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6. Font Style Regular Italic Bold Bold Italic
You have the choice of ‘Regular’, ‘Italic’, ‘Bold’, or ‘Bold Italic’ for the style of font.
Regular
Italic
Bold
Bold Italic
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7. Font Color You can format your text in any color you choose.
You can choose from a color grid or enter a custom color number.
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8. Text Effects
This option makes letters “stand out” with options such as embossing, engraving, and shadowing.
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9. flashy color and bold design
Text Art
Gives an “artsy” feel to letters and words with a
Allows you to format words horizontally and vertically, as well as with other emphasizing options.
flashy color and bold design
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