5
Formatting a Document
HOW TO…
• Format texts
• Select fonts and font styles
• Format paragraphs
• Set line spacing
• Set page margins, paper orientation, and paper size
• Use styles
• Add headers and footers
• Create and format tables
Plain, unformatted text conveys information, but not nearly as effectively as well-formatted text, as you can see by the two examples in Figure 5-1. Word provides numerous ways to format your text. Most fall under the categories of text formatting, paragraph formatting, and page formatting, which are discussed in the following sections of this chapter.
FIGURE 5-1 Formatting makes text both more readable ...
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