1. Microsoft Office Word 2007 Part 3 Formatting

2. Why Format? More attractive to reader More attractive to reader Easier to read Easier to read Easier to find important info Easier to find important info Aesthetically pleasing Aesthetically pleasing

3. You Can Format... Characters Characters Paragraphs Paragraphs Documents Documents

4. Themes Combinations of different: Combinations of different: –Style sets –Color palettes –Font combinations Many themes to choose from Many themes to choose from

5. Document Formats Margins: Margins: Left, Right, Top and Bottom Orientation: Orientation: Portrait vs. Landscape

6. Paragraph Properties Line spacing (single, double) Line spacing (single, double) Alignment: Alignment: LeftCenteredRight Indenting Indenting No indent Big indent Bullets Bullets

7. What’s a Paragraph? Any text that ends in ¶ Any text that ends in ¶ A blank line can be a paragraph A blank line can be a paragraph Selecting paragraphs Selecting paragraphs –No need to select whole paragraph –Simply put insertion point inside

8. How Many Paragraphs? The Beginning¶ ¶ Here is the first line of text.¶ ¶ Here is a much longer line of text that takes up two lines.¶

9. Special Indenting First Line: First Line: this is the second line of text. Hanging Indent: Hanging Indent: this is the second line of text. This is the first line of text and

10. Indenting Vs. Margins Indenting Affects certain paragraphs Affects certain paragraphs First line may be different First line may be different Click Home | Paragraph Click Home | ParagraphMargins Usually affects whole pages Usually affects whole pages Left, right, top & bottom Left, right, top & bottom Click Page Layout Click Page Layout

11. Format Painter Great tool for copying formats Great tool for copying formats Use button Use button Home | Clipboard Home | Clipboard Not in menus Not in menus

12. Bullets & Numbering To make lists clearerTo make lists clearer Can use “bullets” I.Or numbers A.Can have different levels 1.And sublevels

13. Character Formatting Font size ( Small, Medium, Large ) Font size ( Small, Medium, Large ) Font ( Times New Roman, Arial ) Font ( Times New Roman, Arial ) Style (Bold, Italic, Underlined, Etc.) Style (Bold, Italic, Underlined, Etc.) Color Color

14. There are many character properties such as color that can help to make certain text stand out from the rest. But although this is quite important, it also runs the risk of being overused. When too many things are given special emphasis, the really important items will no longer seem so.

15. Special Properties Spacing: W I D E or NARROW Spacing: W I D E or NARROW Unusual formatting: Unusual formatting:

16. Review: 3 Types of Formatting Document Document Paragraph Paragraph Character Character

17. Document Formats Margins (Left, Right, Top & Bottom) Margins (Left, Right, Top & Bottom) Orientation (Portrait vs. Landscape) Orientation (Portrait vs. Landscape) Headers & Footers Headers & Footers Page Borders Page Borders Click Page Layout Click Page Layout

18. Paragraph Formatting Line spacing (single, double) Line spacing (single, double) Alignment (Left, Center, Right) Alignment (Left, Center, Right) Indenting (Left, Right, 1 st Line) Indenting (Left, Right, 1 st Line) Bullets (or Numbers) Bullets (or Numbers) Borders and Shading Borders and Shading Click Home | Paragraph Click Home | Paragraph

19. Character Formatting Font size ( Small, Medium, Large ) Font size ( Small, Medium, Large ) Font ( Times New Roman, Arial ) Font ( Times New Roman, Arial ) Style (Bold, Italic, Underlined, Etc.) Style (Bold, Italic, Underlined, Etc.) Color Color Hidden Hidden Click Home | Font Click Home | Font