Different paragraph formatting includes alignment, indentation, hanging paragraphs, line spacing and paragraph spacing. If you need to undo it all, press Control + Q. This will take the paragraph back to defaults, which goes back to left alignment and single line … Read More
Paragraph spacing is the amount of space before and after a paragraph. This can be specified in the paragraph settings (Shift + F10, then P). But a quick way of adding 12 pt spacing before a paragraph is to press … Read More
Line spacing refers to the distance between the lines in a document. The default line spacing is single, where there is no space between lines. Certain writing styles use double line spacing and others use 1.5 line spacing. To set … Read More
To create a hanging paragraph, position on the paragraph and press Control + T. Keep pressing Control + T to increase the indent of all but the first line of the paragraph. To move back, position on the paragraph and press Control + Shift … Read More
An indented paragraph is one where the space at the beginning of the lines are further from the left edge of the document than the paragraphs above and below. Indentation is generally used for block quotes. To indent a paragraph, position … Read More
Paragraph alignment refers to how the text lines up against the margins on the pages of a document. There are four types of alignment: Left – Text lines up straight against the left side edge of the page. This is … Read More
You can apply normal style to text in a document, which is the default formatting for the body text of a document. You can use this to undo any formatting mistakes! To apply Normal style, position on the text and … Read More
There are a number of different styles in Word. A style is a set of formatting instructions that can be applied to your text. These help to create consistent and well formatted documents. The most commonly used styles are headings. … Read More
There is a feature in Word called Format Painter. Visually, it is a little paintbrush icon on the Home ribbon. It allows you to copy just the formatting of some text and then apply it to some other text in … Read More
Superscript and subscript are special ways of formatting text in Word. Superscript text appears slightly above and with reduced size than the standard text around it, and is used for things like powers, as in x squared where the 2 is … Read More