Word offers an easy way to see what kind of formatting is applied to text: the Reveal Formatting command (Figure 1). This command displays a window with formatting details for the text you click (Figures 3 and 4). Figure 1. The View menu. To reveal formatting 1. | Choose View > Reveal Formatting (Figure 1). The mouse pointer turns into the Reveal Formatting pointer (Figure 2). Figure 2. The Reveal Formatting pointer. | 2. | To learn about the formatting applied to text, click on the text (Figures 3 and 4). Figure 3. One example of revealing formatting. Figure 4. Another example of revealing formatting. | 3. | Repeat step 2 for any text for which you want to reveal formatting. | 4. | When you are finished revealing formatting, press . The mouse pointer turns back into a regular pointer. | |