MODULE 5 Word
Chapter 2
Margin Tips and Hints
Skill 1
Skill 5
Another Way Step 4: You can also click in the
Font Size text box and type the number of the
font size you want.
Another Way Step 3: Open the Paragraph
dialog box by clicking the dialog box launcher in
the Paragraph group in the Home tab. In the
Spacing section, click the arrow next to the At
text box and select 1.15 from the drop-down list.
Click OK.
Tip From the Font dialog box, you can make
multiple changes to font formatting (including
font style, font size, and font effects). Open the
Font dialog box by clicking the dialog box
launcher in the bottom right corner of the Font
group on the Home tab.
Skill 2
Skill 6
Another Way Step 2: You can click at the
beginning of the first line of text to be selected,
press and hold the Shift key, and then click at
the end of the last line to make the selection.
Shortcut Step 3: Underline Text Ctrl + U
Tip More color options are available by clicking
More Colors under the color palette. You can
choose a color from the options on either the
Standard tab or the Custom tab.
Tip Clicking the Bullets button applies the
default bullet style at the beginning of each
selected paragraph. You can choose different
bulleted list styles such as square or diamond
shapes rather than circles, by clicking the arrow
on the Bullets button.
Shortcut Step 7: Bold Text Ctrl + B
Skill 3
Tip If you don’t see the style you want, you can
click the More button in the bottom right corner
of the Styles gallery to display all styles.
Tip To quickly apply a style to several areas of
the document, select the first area of text, press
and hold down Ctrl and select the others, and
then apply the style to all selected text with one
click.
Skill 4
Shortcut Step 3: Center Text Ctrl + E
Tip Use the single down arrow near the bottom
of the scroll bar to navigate through the
document.
Shortcut Step 7: Justify Text Ctrl + J
Guidelines for Office 2010
Tip As is true for bullets, you can choose
different styles for numbered lists by clicking the
arrow on the Numbering button. You might
prefer using letters rather than numbers, or at
times choose Roman numerals over Arabic
numerals.
Another Way Step 12: You can click on any
symbol rather than entering its character cod.
Tip You can click the Font button to format the
appearance of the bullets themselves, such as
changing their font, font size, and font color, or
applying bold/italic/ underline effects.
Skill 7
Shortcut Step 3: Activate the Format Painter
Ctrl + Shift + C
Tip Use Format Painter to copy formats from
one drawn shape, such as a box or circle, to
another.
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Skill 8
Shortcut Step 4: Insert a Footnote Alt + Ctrl + F
Tip If you prefer to place your notes at the end
of the document rather than at the bottom of
each page, use an endnote. Insert an endnote
by clicking the Insert Endnote button in the
Footnotes group on the References tab, or press
Alt + Ctrl + D.
Skill 9
Tip Once you enter information about a
resource, you can insert it again by choosing it
from the list that appears when you click Insert
Citation
Tip Traditionally, a bibliography lists all sources
you used as research materials when creating
your document, while a Works Cited page lists
only those sources you quoted.
Skill 11
Tip If you need more than three columns, you
can click the More Columns option in the dropdown
menu and adjust the settings in the dialog box
that appears.
Skill 10
Tip MLA style requires placing the Works Cited
on its own page. To do so, press Ctrl + Enter
instead of Enter.
Guidelines for Office 2010
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