Microsoft Office Step by Step (Office 2021 and Microsoft 365)

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Modify the structure and appearance of text

In this chapter

• Apply paragraph formatting

• Apply character formatting

• Structure content manually

• Create and modify lists

• Apply built-in styles to text

• Change the document theme

Documents contain text that conveys information to readers, but the appearance of the document content also conveys a message. You can provide structure and meaning by formatting the text in various ways. Word 365 provides a variety of simple-to-use tools that you can use to apply sophisticated formatting and create a logical and meaningful navigational structure for your documents.

In a short document or one that doesn’t require a complex navigational structure, you can easily format words and paragraphs so that key points ...