Key Points

  • The amount of content on a page, the location of line breaks within paragraphs, and the location of page breaks are determined by the page size, the page orientation, and the document margins.

  • You can change the look of a paragraph by changing its alignment, its line spacing, and the space before and after it.

  • In Word and Excel, you can add borders and shading to paragraphs and worksheet cells, to differentiate them from surrounding content.

  • You can easily copy the font and paragraph formatting of one word, paragraph, or cell, and apply it to another, by using the Format Painter.

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