Word 2013 Absolute Beginner’s Guide

8. Formatting Paragraphs

In This Chapter

• Learn how to align text across the document page.

• Find out how to use indents to shift paragraphs between the left and right margins.

• Create columns of text using Word’s tab controls.

• Control spacing between lines of text, paragraphs, and characters.

Another key part of making your documents look impressive is formatting paragraphs. Paragraph formatting refers to the commands you can apply to control how text is positioned on a page as well as features for enhancing blocks of text, such as indents, alignment, bulleted lists, and other spacing options. For example, you may want to center a page title or add some extra space between lines of text. You can find Word’s many positioning and paragraph ...