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MS Word Lesson Six Formatting Text with Fonts and Effects Mrs. Brown.

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1 MS Word Lesson Six Formatting Text with Fonts and Effects Mrs. Brown

2 Bell Ringer What are Fonts?

3 Answer A complete set of characters in a specific design, style, and size

4 Content Outline Change Font, font size, and font color Apply font styles and Effects Applying Underlines Clearing Formatting Writing a Personal Business Letter

5 Lets Review: Bus. Ltr. Quiz Tomorrow Parts of a Business Letter Return address Date Mail service notation Inside Address Salutation Subject Body Closing Signature line Job title Line Reference Initials Enclosure Copy notation

6 Envelope Home tab thenMailing Envelope Return Address Inside Address

7 Vocabulary Indents – 4 types Set indents – Mini tool bar buttons – Increase and decrease Paragraph dialog box – Change indents setting – Page layout tab – Hanging indent – First line Tabs – Use tab selector – Use ruler Date and time – Insert Tab – Text group – Date and time button – Click update automatically to track changes

8 Application Skills You are looking for a summer job in recreation management. In this lesson, you will write personal business letters to Voyager Travel Adventures and Michigan Avenue Athletic Club asking about job opportunities. You will try out different font and text formatting options to see how they affect the document

9 Vocabulary Words Cover letter: A personal business letter that you send with your resume when you apply for a job Font: A complete set of characters in a specific design, style, and size Font color: the color of characters in a font set Font effects: Enhancements applied to font characters Font size: The height of an uppercase letter in a font set

10 Vocabulary Font style: the slant and weight of characters in a font set Sans serif: A font that has straight edges Script: a font that looks like handwriting Serif: A font that has curved or extended edges Theme fonts: The default sets applied with a theme

11 Content Outline Reminder Change Font, font size, and font color Apply font styles and Effects Applying Underlines Clearing Formatting Writing a Personal Business Letter

12 Font Review Serif: curved edges Sans serif: straight edges Script: handwriting Decorative: emblishments  curlicues, double lines  dress up font Font Name displays on home tab in font box Default for Normal Style: Calibri

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14 Lets Explore Open any document and observe what the different fonts look like All font styles are not appropriate. They must be easy to read

15 Font Size Measured in points. 72 points per inch Default for in Normal style is 11 Click drop down arrow to change Type name in box Grow and shrink one point by clicking the grow and shrink button Change color using font color arrow or font dialogue box

16 Formats Paragraph Formats: – Control alignment, indention, line spacing, numbering,  look or position of entire paragraph Character Formats: – Font, font style, size, color, and other formats that transform the look of characters Clear formatting button – Removes all formatting and leaves plain text Short cut keystrokes – Ctrl B – Ctrl I – Ctrl U

17 Personal Business letter A letter written on behalf of an individual instead of on behalf of another business May be written using block, modified block, – Return address – Contact information Does not usually have a title line unless on letter head

18 Cover Letter Cover letter – Personal business letter you send with a resume when you apply for a job. Introduce yourself Highlight your qualities Short and to the point Address it to the person responsible for hiring If you do not know the person’s name, title, and address: CALL THE COMPANY AND ASK

19 Cover Letter Always include the following: – The job title fro the position you want – Where you learned about the position – The skills that qualify you for the position – Your contact information Thank the reader for his or her time and consideration Proofread and correct all mistakes YOU ONLY GET ONE CHANCE TO MAKE A FIRST IMPRESSION

20 Today’s Assignment Page 135-138 Project 11 Project 12

21 Project 11

22 Project 12


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