Alignment, Line Spacing, Font, and Bullets in Microsoft Word
Alignment
Ribbon Location: Home Tab – Paragraph Group
Alignment Shortcut Keys
- Left Align (CTRL key + L)
- Centre Align (CTRL key + E)
- Right Align (CTRL key + R)
- Justify (CTRL key + J)
How to make alignments
Highlight the text and select one of the alignment options.
Line spacing
Ribbon Location: Home Tab – Paragraph Group
How to set line spacing
Highlight the text and select line spacing options for more options.
*For accuracy make sure the spacing before and after is set to 0pt
Font
Ribbon Location: Home Tab – Font Group
How to change font style and size
Highlight the text and select one of the options below.
- Changes font style and size.
- Bold (B), Italics (I), Underline (U).
Font Shortcut Keys
- CTRL key + B (Bold)
- CTRL key + U (Underline)
- CTRL key + I (Italics)
Font Styling Exericises
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Highlight Text using Text Highlight Colour
Ribbon Location: Home Tab – Font Group – Text Highlight Colour (drop-down arrow for colour options).
How to Highlight Text in Word
- Select the text you wish to highlight and select the highlighter colour using the dropdown arrow.
- To switch back to the normal cursor, click the Text Highlight Colour command.
Text Highlighting Exercise
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Font Colours
Home Tab – Font Colour – Drop down arrow
- Select the text and the font colour that you wish to use. The font colour will change in the document.
- Each colour is available in different shades – Red, Accent 2, Darker 25%.
Font Colour Exercise
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Bullet Points
Location: Home Tab – Paragraph Group
Bulleted and numbered lists can be used in your documents to format, arrange and emphasise text.
How to create a bulleted list
- Before you begin to type, place the cursor at the start of your page.
- Click the Bullets or Numbering drop-down arrow on the Home tab.
- Select the bullet or numbering style that you would like to use, the bullet point will appear in your document.
- To remove numbers or bullets from a list, select the list and click the Bullet or Numbering commands.
When you’ve reached the end of your list, press Enter twice to return to “normal” formatting.
Bullet Number Exercise
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