Formatting and editing text is a fundamental aspect of word processing. Word processing software provides a wide range of tools and features for controlling the appearance of text and making content more readable and visually appealing.
Formatting features change the arrangement, or layout, of pages. These features include aligning text vertically and horizontally, indenting and hyphenating text, and changing margins and line spacing.
- Alignment – Refers to the horizontal position of a line of text (also called justification).
- Use left alignment to start text at the left margin (even left margin).
- Use right alignment to align text at the right margin (even right margin).
- Use center alignment to center text between the left and right margins.
- Use justify alignment for even left and right margins.
- Center Page
- Line spacing – Changes the amount of blank space between lines of text.
- Margins
- Page Break
- Tab
- Text wrapping
Various commands on the Insert menu are used to add page numbers, dates, headers, footers, and footnotes and to insert symbols, clip art, files, pictures, shapes, text boxes, and word art.
- Shapes
- Clip art
- Date
- Footnote and endnote
- Header and footer
- Page numbers
- Text boxes
- Word art