1. Word Lesson 4 Formatting Text © 2012 M and K Solutions, LLC -- All Rights Reserved

2. √ Fonts and Spacing Text enhancements character spacing condensed expanded fonts font size font style points style theme Terminology

3. Part 1: Text Enhancements  Word offers many different ways to make your text standout.  Bold  Underline  Italics  Shadow  Emboss  Superscript and Subscript  And more

4. Fonts  Font— a type design applied to an entire set of characters, including all letters, numerals, punctuation marks and other keyboard symbols. Examples are Arial, Times New Roman, etc.  Font size— is the size of the letters or text. It is measured in points.  Points— is the measurement for font. There are 72 points in an inch.  Font style —changes the looks of a font. Examples are regular, bold, italic, and underline.  Font effects— include All caps, superscript, and outline. They are found in the Font Dialog Box.

5. Character Spacing  Character Spacing--The spacing between the text or letters is called character spacing.  Expanded-- When you choose expanded FOR SALE would look like this: F O R S A L E  Condensed-- When you choose condensed FOR SALE would look like this: FOR SALE

6. Other Terms  One quick and easy way to repeat character formatting is by using Format Painter.  You should double click the Format Painter if you plan to copy the formatting to multiple locations.  Use the highlight to emphasize text when working only on the screen. This does not print out. Highlight

7. Styles and Themes  Style— a predefined set of formatting options that have been named and saved.  For example, the Heading 1 style is Cambria font, 14 point, and blue.  Quick Styles— the built-in styles of Word  Themes— a coordinated set of fonts, styles, and colors

8. Clearing Formatting  Use the Clear Formatting command to clear manual formatting and styles

9. Part 2: Graphics  Graphics—pictures and illustrations that help illustrate the meaning of text and make the page more attractive  Clipart—libraries of artwork of common objects that comes with Office  They are already drawn or photographed and available for use in documents.

10. Columns  Columns--formats a document into columns

11. Borders  Borders--A border is a line or box that can be added to text or paragraphs.  Box borders--A box border is a line that goes all around text or paragraphs.  Page borders--A page border is a line or design that goes around the edge of the paper.  Horizontal line—you can add a line above or under text or paragraphs by using a bottom or top border. They are used to separate and emphasize a section.

12. Shading  Shading--Shading adds a colored background to textbox. You can do this by formatting the text box to have a fill color. Shading

13. Wrapping Text Around an Object or Graphics  Wrapping—wraps the font around the graphic  In line with text  Square  Tight  Behind Text  In Front of Text

14. Cropping  Cropping—use this to hide parts of a graphic  Sizing—reducing or enlarging a graphic  Scaling—The process of changing the size of a graphic to a percentage of its original size—such as 50% will make it half as large.