Exercise 8 Formatting Characters with Microsoft Word

[Pages:15]Exercise 8 Formatting Characters with Microsoft Word

Character formatting is used to emphasize text. You can change character formatting by making text bold or italic, for example, or by changing the style of the type. By formatting text, you can make your document more attractive and readable.

The basic character formats are bold, italic, and underline. Text can have one or more character formats.

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Character Formatting

Name

Normal Bold

Keyboard Shortcut

Ctrl+Shift+N

Ctrl+B

Formatting Toolbar

Example

This is a sample.

This is a sample.

Italic

Ctrl+I

This is a sample.

Underline

Ctrl+U

This is a sample.

Bold and italic

This is a sample.

The simplest ways to apply basic character formatting are to use: ? Buttons on the Formatting toolbar ? Keyboard shortcuts

Starting Word

1. Click the Start button

, point to Programs, and select Microsoft Word.

Open an Existing Document

2. Click the Open button on the Standard toolbar. 3. The Open dialog box opens. 4. Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Look in box and select Network Neighborhood. 5. Double-click Wright-ms1 (Zeus). 6. Double-click Students 200_. 7. Double-click the Word Exercises folder.

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8. Click Word Exercise 8 lsr select it.

9. Click the drop-down arrow next to the Views button and select Preview.

10. This will give you a quick look at the document before opening it.

11. Click the Open button

.

12. Click the Show/Hide button on the Standard toolbar so that it is turned on.

Apply Basic Character Formatting Using the Formatting Toolbar or Keyboard Shortcuts

13. Triple-click the title The Battle of Bunker Hill to select it.

14. Click the Bold button on the Formatting toolbar to make the text bold.

15. With the text still selected, click the Italic button to make the text bold and italic.

16. Click the Bold button again to turn off this format and make the text italic only.

17. Click the Bold button again to restore the bold and italic formatting.

18. Move the insertion point to the beginning of the first paragraph and select the words The Battle of Bunker Hill.

19. Click the Bold button once. 20. In the same paragraph, select the words June 16, 1775.

21. Click the Italic button once. 22. In the first paragraph, select the words Breed's Hill.

23. Click the Underline button on the Formatting toolbar to make the text underlined. 24. Triple-click the title The Boston Tea Party to select it. 25. Press Ctrl+B to make the text bold. 26. With the text still selected, press Ctrl+I to make the text bold and italic. 27. Press Ctrl+B again to turn off this format and make the text italic only. 28. Press Ctrl+B again to restore the bold and italic formatting. 29. Move the insertion point to the beginning of the second paragraph and select the words The

Boston Tea Party. 30. Press Ctrl+B once. 31. In the third paragraph, select the words December 16, 1773.

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32. Press Ctrl+I once. 33. In the third paragraph, select the word Indians. 34. Press Ctrl+U on the Formatting toolbar to make the text underlined. 35. Review your work. 36. Your document should look like Figure 1. Figure 1

Saving a Revised Document

Word Exercise 8 lsr has already been saved with a name. Now that you made some changes, you can save the document with a new name and place it in a new folder. To save a document with a new name or to save a file to a new folder you use the Save As command. 37. Click File on the Menu bar and choose Save As. 38. The Save As dialog box appears.

39. To the right of the Save in text box, click the drop-down arrow and select your period folder. 40. In the File name text box, a suggested file name should be highlighted. 41. Replace this filename by typing Word Exercise 8, press Spacebar, type your initials, press

Spacebar, and type your partner's initials. 42. Click OK or press Enter.

Working with Fonts

A font is a type design applied to an entire set of characters, including all letters of the alphabet, numerals, punctuation marks, and other keyboard symbols.

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Table 2

Examples of Fonts

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

Times New Roman

1234567890!~#$%

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY Arial abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1234567890!~#$%

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1234567890!~#$%

Courier New

A font can be plain--like Arial--or more ornate--like Word's default font, Times New Roman. Arial is a sans serif font because it has no decorative lines, or serifs, projecting from its characters. Times New Roman is a serif font because it has decorative lines.

Fonts are also available in a variety of sizes, which are measured in points. There are 72 points to an inch. Like other character formatting, you can use different fonts and font sizes in the same document.

Examples of Different Point Sizes

Table 3

i j k a

b

c

d

e

f gh

6

8 10 12 14 20 24 36 48 60

Change Fonts and Font Sizes Using the Formatting Toolbar

The easiest way to choose fonts and font sizes is with the Formatting toolbar. 43. Press Ctrl+End to move the insertion point to the end of the document. 44. Press Enter twice. 45. Type your names. 46. Press Enter. 47. Type the date. 48. Press Enter. 49. Type Period and your number. 50. Press Enter.

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51. Type Word Exercise 8. 52. Press Ctrl+Home to move to the beginning of the document. 53. Triple-click the title The Battle of Bunker Hill to select it. 54. Using the Formatting toolbar, click the Font drop-down arrow and select Arial from the list.

55. Using the Formatting toolbar, click the Font Size drop-down arrow and select 20-points from the list.

56. Triple-click the title The Boston Tea Party to select it. 57. Using the Formatting toolbar, click the Font drop-down arrow and select Arial from the list.

58. Using the Formatting toolbar, click the Font Size drop-down arrow and select 20-points from the list.

59. Triple-click the first paragraph to select it. 60. Using the Formatting toolbar, click the Font Size drop-down arrow and select 14-points from the

list. 61. Click before the beginning of the second paragraph and drag to the end of the document. 62. The second and third paragraphs, your names, the date, period, and title are now selected. 63. Using the Formatting toolbar, click the Font Size drop-down arrow and select 14-points from the

list.

Using the Font Dialog Box

The Font dialog box offers more formatting options than those available on the Formatting toolbar. You can also preview the options as you choose them, so you can experiment before you apply formatting changes. There are three ways to open the Font dialog box:

? Choose Font from the Format menu. ? Choose Font from the shortcut menu. The shortcut menu opens when you click the right mouse

button while pointing to the selected text. ? Press Ctrl+D

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Choose Fonts and Font Styles Using the Font Dialog Box

64. Select the title The Battle of Bunker Hill.

65. Click Format on the Menu bar and select Font.

66. The Font dialog box opens. 67. Click the Font tab. 68. Select Brush Script MT from the Font

list. 69. Select Bold Italic from the Font style

list 70. Select 24 from the Size list. 71. Choose Red from the Font color list. 72. Click OK. 73. Select the title The Boston Tea Party. 74. Press Ctrl+D. 75. The Font dialog box opens. 76. Click the Font tab. 77. Select Brush Script MT from the Font

list. 78. Select Bold Italic from the Font style

list. 79. Select 24 from the Size list. 80. Choose Red from the Font color list. 81. Click OK. 82. Triple-click the first paragraph to

select it. 83. Right-click the first paragraph and

select Font from the Shortcut Menu. The Font dialog box opens. 84. Select Century Schoolbook from the Font list. 85. Click OK. 86. Click before the beginning of the second paragraph and drag to the end of the document.

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87. The second and third paragraphs, your names, the date, period, and title are now selected. 88. Right-click one of the selected paragraphs and select Font. 89. Select Century Schoolbook from the Font list. 90. Click OK.

Creating a Dropped Capital Letter

One way to call attention to a paragraph is to use a dropped capital letter, or a drop cap. A drop cap is a large letter that appears below the text baseline. It is usually applied to the first letter in the first word of a paragraph. 91. Place the insertion point within the first paragraph. 92. Click Format from the Menu bar and select Drop Cap. 93. The Drop Cap dialog box opens. 94. Under Position, click Dropped. 95. This option makes the paragraph wrap around the letter. 96. Under Font, select Arial Black from the list. 97. Click OK. 98. Click within the document to deselect the T of The, which is

the height of three lines. 99. Place the insertion point within the second paragraph. 100. Click Format from the Menu bar and select Drop Cap. 101. The Drop Cap dialog box opens. 102. Under Position, click Dropped. 103. This option makes the paragraph wrap around the letter. 104. Under Font, select Arial Black from the list. 105. Click OK. 106. Click within the document to deselect the T of The, which is the height of three lines. 107. Review your work carefully. 108. Your document should look like Figure 2. 109. Press Ctrl+S to save your document.

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Figure 2

Printing a Document

110. Press Ctrl+P. 111. The Print dialog box opens. 112. The Name of the printer should be Wales. 113. Wales is the color laser printer in the classroom. 114. Next to Number of copies, type 2 in the text box. 115. Click OK.

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