1. Formatting Text

A big advantage to Word-processing, is that the appearance of text in documents can be easily changed. You can change:-

	the FONT or the design of the appearance of text.	Some Different fonts and Styles
	the STYLE of the font for example, Bold, Italic, Underlined, Shadow or Strike through.
	the SIZE of the font.
	the COLOUR of the font.

Formatting Text! Click to Go Larger Screen

Introducing Text Formatting

1. Create in your Documents folder, a new folder called 'Word Processing'. This is where you will store all your Word Processing files.
2. Download the The Lion King.doc file and save it to your Word Processing folder.




3. Watch VIDEO 1 and follow the steps to change your file to the way shown in the video.
4. Save your changes..

Aligning Text

Formatting text also includes how the text is lined up one the page. This is described as justification or alignment.

Left Alignment. Lines text up against the left margin   Right Alignment. Lines the text up against the right margin. Center Alignment. Lines up the text exactly between the margins Fully Justified. Lines the text up against both margins by increasing the space between words.

To the Top with a Bullet

	With formatting you can also change the distance between lines or Line Spacing.
	Important parts of text or key points in documents can also be emphasized or made to stand out with using Bullets.

More Formatting: Line Spacing & Bullets! Click to Go Larger Screen

More Formatting

1. Download The Operating System.doc file
   
   
   
   
2. Save this file in your Word Processing Folder.
3. Watch VIDEO 2 and follow the steps to change your file to the ways shown in the video
4. Save your file

What you have to do!

1. Create a Word Processing folder in your network documents folder to contain your word processing files.
2. After downloading The Lion King.doc watch Video 1 and make the changes shown.
3. Download The Operating System.doc. Watch Video 2 and change it in the ways shown.
4. Tick off your Progress Grids

Mark off Tasks 1 and 2 in your progress grids.

What you should now be able to do!

• Set up the tool bars for the way you like in the WORD program. 

• Align text and undertake simple formatting and style changes.

• Undertake additional formatting like change font, line spacing and using bullets..

Continue to Exercise 2: Using Headers & Footers