Essentials

Word 2003 Level 1

Project 3: Formatting Text

Copyright 2004 Prentice-Hall. All rights reserved. 1

Objectives
Apply and modify character formats
Change the font, size, and color of text
Apply character effects and spacing
Copy formats with Format Painter
Highlight text
Insert symbols
Display formatting marks
Insert nonbreaking spaces and hyphens

Copyright 2004 Prentice-Hall. All rights reserved. 2

Applying and Modifying Character
Formats

Formatting buttons and keyboard

shortcuts

Copyright 2004 Prentice-Hall. All rights reserved. 3

Changing the Font, Size, and Color

Serif Fonts
(with shoulders)
Times New Roman
Courier New
Baskerville
Georgia

Copyright 2004 Prentice-Hall. All rights reserved. 4

Changing the Font, Size, and Color
(continued)

Sans Serif Fonts

(without shoulders)
Arial
Comic Sans
Tahoma
Swiss 721

Copyright 2004 Prentice-Hall. All rights reserved. 5

Changing the Font, Size, and Color
(continued)

Standard Toolbar: change the

font size

Standard Toolbar: change the

font color

Copyright 2004 Prentice-Hall. All rights reserved. 6

Applying Font Effects and Character
Spacing
Using the Font dialog box you can:
Apply font effects such as:
Strikethrough
Superscript
Subscript
Emboss
Hidden

Copyright 2004 Prentice-Hall. All rights reserved. 7

Applying Font Effects and Character
Spacing (continued)

Select onscreen text effects such as:

Blinking Background
Las Vegas Lights
Marching Red Ants
Adjust character spacing

Copyright 2004 Prentice-Hall. All rights reserved. 8

The Format Painter
Select the Format to Copy

Double click the Format

Format to Painter button

Copy

Text to copy format to

Text to copy format to

Copyright 2004 Prentice-Hall. All rights reserved. 10

Highlighting Text
Highlight drop-down
arrow

To highlight text: To remove highlight:

Select the text Select the highlighted text
Click the Highlight drop- Click the highlight drop-
down arrow down arrow
Choose the desired color Choose None
Copyright 2004 Prentice-Hall. All rights reserved. 11
Inserting Symbols and Special Characters

To insert symbols or special characters

Use the Symbol dialog box

Copyright 2004 Prentice-Hall. All rights reserved. 12

Examples of Symbols

A few examples of the use of symbols:

Copyright Prentice Hall

25
nios y nias
Cinpolis (a major theater chain in Mxico)
of the price

Trademark
Copyright 2004 Prentice-Hall. All rights reserved. 13
Displaying Formatting Marks and
Hidden Text

Show/Hide on Standard
toolbar for nonprinting
formatting marks

Tools on the menu bar, Options/

View tab for formatting marks
you can display

Copyright 2004 Prentice-Hall. All rights reserved. 14

Inserting Nonbreaking Spaces and
Hyphens
Prevent words from separating with word-
wrap:
Insert a nonbreaking space
Special character that keeps words together
To insert a nonbreaking space, press
Ctrl + Shift + Spacebar
To insert a nonbreaking hyphen, press
Ctrl + Shift + -

Copyright 2004 Prentice-Hall. All rights reserved. 15

Summary
Applying and modifying character formats
Changing fonts, size, and color
Character effects and character spacing
Copying formats with Format Painter
Highlighting text
Symbols and special characters
Displaying formatting marks and hidden text
Inserting nonbreaking spaces and nonbreaking
hyphens
Copyright 2004 Prentice-Hall. All rights reserved. 16