Office 2013 All-In-One Absolute Beginner’s Guide

3. Working with Text

In This Chapter

• Formatting Text

• Using Bullets

• Using Numbered Lists

• Using WordArt

• Using Text Boxes

• Inserting Symbols and Equations

• Proofing Your Text

• Looking Up a Synonym in the Thesaurus

Adding and formatting text is a straightforward process in Microsoft Office. The Home tab in Word, Excel, OneNote, and PowerPoint (and the Message tab in Outlook) are “home” to a solid collection of text-formatting tools, giving you the option to select a font style and size, change text color, or apply bold, italic, and underlining to your text.

If the standard formatting isn’t enough, however, Office also offers sophisticated text formatting and customization. In addition, it automates many formatting tasks if you’re in ...