Basic Formatting on Microsoft Word
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Basic Formatting on Microsoft Word
By Mrs. BushmanLaird School
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Get The Tools You Need.
Make sure you have the toolbars you need for the job.
• Go to View – Toolbars and make sure both Standard and Formatting are checked. If not, click on the ones unchecked.
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Make Some Room For Editing.
If your project will require editing, give it some room with double spacing.
• Highlight any existing text.
• Click on Format – Paragraph.
• Click on the Spacing menu and select Double.
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Quote This!
To format quotations, separate the quote from the rest of the text.
• Select the text.• Click on Format –
Paragraph.• Change the text back to
single space.• Indent 5 spaces in on the
left and right sides.
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PUBLISHINGBASICS
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Make the break.
Columns Part 1: Split your data from what will not be in columns and what will be in columns.
• Place your cursor on the line above the columned text.
• Click on Insert – Break – Section Break (Continuous)
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Publish your columns.
Part 2: Make your columns.
• Highlight the text below the break.
• Go to Format – Columns.
• Select 2 for this exercise.
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Spread The Love.
Make your text more eye-pleasing by aligning both the left and right sides to each column. This spreads the text across the page.
• Highlight the text.• Click on the Justify icon
in your Formatting toolbar.
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Spice Up Your Title.
Spice up your publication by using a graphic for your title.
• Remove the title text and add about 8 spaces at the top for your WordArt.
• Click on the WordArt tab at the top.
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Moving On Up.
• Select the format. The WordArt box will appear in the middle of the page. Click and drag it to the top.
• Double click inside the box to get a pop up box to type the text.
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Snaz it up.
Stand out with a vertical title!
• With the box around the WordArt highlighted, go to Format – WordArt
• Click on the Size tab• In Rotation type in 90 or
270.
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Show it off.
• In the Format WordArt pop up box, click on the Layout tab.
• Click on Square.• Click OK at the bottom.• Move your WordArt
title to the side of the document for greater effect!
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Storybook time.
Use the Drop Cap feature on Word to turn your story into a memorable experience.
• Highlight the first letter of the first word in the first paragraph.
• Go to Format – Drop Cap.
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Add that once upon a time.
• Click on Dropped.• Change your font.• Press OK.It’s best if you leave the
rest to the default settings, but you can change how many lines your letter drops.
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Calligraphy adds that special touch.
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Showcase Your Text
Add a text box in the middle of the article to highlight a quote.
• Click on Insert – Text Box.
• Click and drag the cursor to a spot in the middle of the text.
• Change the font and size for more effect.
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Add a splash of color.
• With the text box highlighted, click on Format – Text Box.
• Click on the Colors and Lines tab.
• Find a color that reflects the mood you wish to convey.
• Click OK.
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Choices, choices, choices
• You can add effect by the background color of your text box…
• Or you can add it by changing the color of the text itself.
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Picture Perfect.
Pictures are easy to add, but there is more you can do than just drag and drop.
• Insert a picture by dragging and dropping it onto the document.
• Reduce the size of the picture to allow for text to wrap around it.
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Line It Up.
• With the picture selected, click on Format – Picture.
• Go to the Layout tab.• Click on Square.• The alignment boxes
below will activate. Click on Left.
• Click OK.
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Picture Perfect.
You can add a little more eye candy to the picture by adding effects. Later versions of Office have more picture effects than this current version.
• Click on the Toolbox at the top.
• Click on Shadow.