Chapter    5

Formatting and Laying Out Your Documents

As you saw in the previous chapter, Word for iPad makes entering text in your documents easy, especially if you connect a hardware keyboard. Once you’ve put the text in place, you’ll likely want to format the text of your documents and lay out the pages so that they have the desired look.

This chapter will tell you what you need to know to format your documents effectively. The chapter will start by showing you how to set the page size, orientation, and margins for a document. You will then learn about the different types of formatting that Word provides, how to use styles to apply formatting swiftly and consistently, and how to add direct formatting for special effects when needed. You will ...

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