Formatting Documents in Word Microsoft 365 for Windows
Word Microsoft 365 (Windows)
| Beginner
- 20 videos | 1h 14m 39s
- Includes Assessment
- Earns a Badge
Learners can explore how to personalize a document by using Word for Office 365's formatting tools in this 20-video course. Learn how to change the font, change its size, and how to bold, underline and italicize words. You will learn an easy way to change case with the case tool, how to use alignment options, and change paragraph spacing in Word. Next, you will learn how to use Word's text effects, including how to add shadows, reflections, and glow effects. The course demonstrates how to use the bullet points tool, how to use the default bullet point and numbers style, and how to create a custom multilevel list style. You will learn how to organize text in columns, and how to insert a table in a document. The course continues by demonstrating how to use tools to visualize formatting and style settings, and how to use different styles in a document. Learners will observe how to use preset styles in WordArt and SmartArt tools. Finally, observe how to use Themes in Word.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
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Change your document text's font and sizeUse colors and highlighting tools in your documentUse upper and lower case tools in your documentAlign your document's textAdd text effects in your documentModify your document's paragraph spacingInsert bullet points in your documentCreate your own list style for your documentOrganize your text into columns in your documentUse tab stops in your document
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Use the document's hyphenation toolUse text styles in your documentCreate your own text style for your documentCreate style sets for your documentInspect your document's text formattingImport styles from another document into your documentCreate a title with wordart in your documentUse different wordart effects in your documentChange the fill style of a shape in your documentChange your document's theme
IN THIS COURSE
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4m 34sOnce you have entered some text, you can begin to personalize its properties. Word allows you to change the font, size and format qualities, such as bold, italic and underline options. FREE ACCESS
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3m 24sIf you want a word or a phrase to stand out in your document, you will find Word's color options very useful! In Word, you can change the color of your text and even highlight certain entries. FREE ACCESS
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3m 47sWord's case tools allow you to quickly and easily modify the case of your text. You can automatically insert capital letters at the start of sentences and also use them to toggle between upper and lower case letters. FREE ACCESS
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4m 33sIf you want to improve the appearance of your document, you can use the align options. These options include aligning your text to the left margin, aligning it to the right margin and centering your text. FREE ACCESS
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3m 42sWord's text effects can help you to make your text stand out. You can add shadow, reflection and glow effects to your text. These effects can even be customized. FREE ACCESS
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3m 52sChanging the paragraph spacing settings can improve your document's structure and make it easier to read. It is therefore important to know how to change these settings. FREE ACCESS
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2m 56sDo you want to give some structure to your text? If you do, you may find the bullet point tools useful. In Word, you can create more than one type of bullet point list. This list can also be modified manually. FREE ACCESS
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3m 35sIf the default bullet and number list styles available in Word 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, and even the indent settings at each level within your list. FREE ACCESS
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4m 13sIn Word, 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 can choose the number of columns used, modify your column widths, and even adjust the spacing between your columns. FREE ACCESS
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3m 9sTab 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, you can use the ruler to manually insert, modify and remove your tab stops. FREE ACCESS
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2m 45sIf a word is too long for a particular line, Word will normally move it to the next line. If however you would rather hyphenate your words and save some space on your page, then you can do that instead. The hyphenation function can be switched on and off manually, but you can also tell Word to do it automatically. FREE ACCESS
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4m 38sWith Word's text styles, you can quickly customize the appearance and format of your text. Using text styles means that you no longer have to manually edit multiple text strings in your document if you want to change their formatting. FREE ACCESS
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3m 37sIf you want to be able to reuse a particular combination of text formats, you can save your settings as a custom style. Once you have created a style, you can modify it and make changes to the saved values. FREE ACCESS
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2m 27sIf you have customized a number of different text styles in your Word 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 style sets can be easily accessed and applied to your document. FREE ACCESS
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4m 35sIn Word, 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 been formatted in the same way. This allows you to make overall and simultaneous changes to a large number of text items in your document. FREE ACCESS
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3m 43sIf you often use the same text and paragraph styles in Word, 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, you can extract text and paragraph styles from one document and import them straight into another document that you are working on. FREE ACCESS
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2m 51sYour document's title is the first thing that the reader will see. It's therefore important to get it right. A good way of creating an attractive and interesting title is to use Word's WordArt tools. FREE ACCESS
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4m 27sOne way of customizing your titles in Word 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 using the different colour, gradient and transparency settings. FREE ACCESS
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4m 46sOnce you have inserted a shape into your document, it is possible to use fill effects on it. In Word, there are several possible fill effects, including textures, patterns and even images. FREE ACCESS
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3m 5sChanging a document's theme allows you to change the overall appearance for your entire document. The Word themes are therefore extremely useful for changing the overall appearance of your document. Once you have applied a theme, you can also make manual adjustments and choose the individual components that you wish to use. FREE ACCESS
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