Formatting Documents in Word 2013 for Windows
Word 2013 (Windows)
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Make your Word 2013 documents look more professional. Explore a number of formatting techniques, including text alignment, titles and bullet lists, text styles, and themes.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
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Aligning your textChanging your text's font & sizeUsing the color & highlighting toolsAdjusting your text caseFormatting your paragraphsUsing tab stopsCreating a titleChanging your title fill & outline styleApplying text effectsInserting bullet points
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Creating your own list styleOrganizing your text into columnsAdjusting the hyphenation of your textUsing text stylesCreating your own text styleCreating style setsInspecting your text formattingImporting styles from another documentUsing document themes
IN THIS COURSE
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6m 41sYou can improve the appearance of your document's text simply by changing the alignment settings. Word 2013 features four basic text alignment settings: left align, right align, center, and justified. These tools can… FREE ACCESS
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6m 22sIn Word 2013, you can change how your text appears in your document by using the font and size settings. You can also add different text effects, such as italic, underline, bold, and even strikethrough and superscript. FREE ACCESS
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6m 27sOne way of making text and titles stand out in your document is to add a splash of color to your document. Word 2013 allows you to not only add color to your text characters, but also add background color to your… FREE ACCESS
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5m 28sWord 2013 can change the case of any text that you have inserted into your document. You can make a text selection all capitals, all lower case, or first letters capitalized. You can even apply a small lower case effect.… FREE ACCESS
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5m 38sAdding space to your text selection can make it much easier to read. In Word 2013, you can adjust on the fly the line spacing of any paragraph or lines that you have selected. If your text is justified, you can also… FREE ACCESS
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4m 56sTab stops can be used to adjust the layout of your text items, and even structure them as if in a table. This can help to improve the presentation of your document. In Word 2013, you can use the ruler to manually insert,… FREE ACCESS
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6m 24sThe title is an extremely important element in your document. If you want to make sure everyone knows what your document is about, you can use Word 2013's WordArt tool to create an attractive and professional looking… FREE ACCESS
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6m 23sOne way of customizing your titles in Word 2013 is to change the fill and outline effects that have been applied. You can, for example, choose from a number of predefined colors and styles, or even create your own style… FREE ACCESS
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5m 55sWord 2013 features a number of different tools that can be used to customize your title. One of these is the special effects, which can be used to add shadows, reflections, rotations, and shape styles to your title. FREE ACCESS
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4m 53sIf you want to give structure to any text that you have inserted into your Word 2013 document, you can use the numbered list and bullet points tool. This tool can also be used to create sublists and number and bullet… FREE ACCESS
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5m 33sIf the default bullet and number list styles available in Word 2013 are not to your liking, you can create your own multi-level list style. You can specify the formatting styles, the characters used for each bullet point,… FREE ACCESS
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6m 12sIn Word 2013, you can organize your text into columns. This can be particularly useful if your page contains a lot of text and is laid out in landscape format, or if you are creating a magazine or newspaper document. You… FREE ACCESS
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4m 39sWhen a word is too long to appear at the end of a line, it is usually placed at the start of the line below. In Word 2013, you can however activate the hyphenation tool, thereby allowing a word to split across two lines… FREE ACCESS
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6m 56sWhen formatting the text in your Word 2013 document, it is a very good idea to use text styles. These predefined formats allow you to change the appearance of your text whilst also ensuring that the relevant items appear… FREE ACCESS
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5m 24sIf you format your text using the same settings each time, you can save yourself some time by saving your preferences as a text style. Once you have created your own style, you can apply to text selections in other… FREE ACCESS
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3m 39sIf you have customized a number of different text styles in your Word 2013 document, then you may want to use them to create a style set that can be used to apply those text formats to a completely different file. These… FREE ACCESS
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6m 34sIn Word 2013, you can visualize the formatting and style settings that have been applied to your document's text items. The format inspection tools can even be used to select all the text in your document that has… FREE ACCESS
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4m 22sIf you often use the same text and paragraph styles in Word 2013, you may find it useful to know how to export your styles and apply them to text items in a completely different document. In Word 2013, you can extract… FREE ACCESS
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5m 40sAdjusting your document's theme changes the text styles, color sets and even sometimes the font sets that have been applied. The Word 2013 themes are therefore extremely useful for changing the overall appearance of… FREE ACCESS
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