Word 2013 Absolute Beginner’s Guide

7. Formatting Text

In This Chapter

• Find out what formatting is and how you can use it to make your documents look pretty.

• Learn how to apply basic formatting to your text.

• See how to change fonts and font sizes to give your documents pizzazz.

• Learn how to find your way to the elusive Font dialog box.

• Acquaint yourself with the drop-down Font Color palette.

• Save yourself some formatting time by employing the Format Painter tool.

Anyone can type in some text and call it a day, but can you make the text look compelling, polished, and easy to read? As it turns out, anyone can with a little formatting. Text formatting, also called attributes, refers to the ways in which you can change the appearance of document text. For example, to ...