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FORMATTING IN WORD PROCESSOR 4
Changing the appearance of a text or document to make it more prominent and attractive as per
the user’s requirement is referred as Formatting. It also refers to making changes in the layout of a
document by organizing its style of display. It includes character formatting, paragraph formatting,
page formatting, etc. Appearance of characters in different styles can be applied with different
styles of fonts.
CHARACTER FORMATTING
Character Formatting includes manipulation of size, style, colour, position and attributes of a
character. To format a character:
Step 1: Select the character, word or block of text which is to be formatted.
Step 2: Select the ‘Character’ option from the ‘Format’ menu.
Font Style/
Font List Typeface List
Font Size
Select the formatting options as required, in the following ways:
To Change the Font Type:
Select the desired ‘Font’ from the font list in the character dialog box.
To Change the Font Style:
Select the desired ‘Typeface’ from the typeface list (Select Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic) as
required from the formatting toolbar.
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