| Microsoft Word offers a wide range of text formatting options that you can use to make your documents more interesting and readable. Most text formatting can be broken down into two types: Font or character formatting applies to individual characters of text. Examples include bold, italic, underline, and font color. The actual font or typeface used to display characters is also a part of font formatting. Paragraph formatting applies to entire paragraphs of text. Examples are indentation, justification, line spacing, bullets, and numbering.
This chapter introduces text formatting using basic formatting techniques. Chapter 4 continues the discussion of text formatting by covering advanced formatting techniques. Tips When properly applied, formatting can make the document easier to read, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. Figure 1. A document with no formatting.
Figure 2. The same document with font and paragraph formatting applied.
Don't get carried away with formattingespecially font formatting. Too much formatting distracts the reader, making the document difficult to read. Page formatting, which enables you to format document pages or sections, is covered in Chapter 5.
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