5. Formatting Office Documents

What You’ll Do

Format Text

Change Alignment

Use the Format Painter

Add Custom Colors

Understand Themes

View and Apply a Theme

Create Theme Colors

Choose Theme Fonts

Choose Theme Effects

Create a Custom Theme

Choose a Custom Theme

Introduction

Microsoft Office provides several tools for making your documents look more attractive and professional. Without formatting, a document can look like a sea of meaningless information. To highlight important information, you can change the appearance of selected text by applying attributes, such as boldface, italics, and underline. Once you’ve set up your documents, additional changes are available to customize your document’s look. You can change the default font and font size, ...

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