Word Chapter 2 - Document Presentation

Question 1

Apply font attributes through the Font dialog box

Answer 1

Formatting occurs at the character, paragraph, or section level. The Font dialog box enables you to change the spacing of the characters and you can change attributes including font size, font color, underline color, and effects. Use the character spacing options to control horizontal spacing between letters and also adjust the scale, position, and kerning of characters. You can quickly modify the capitalization and text highlight color from the Home tab.

Question 2

Control word wrap

Answer 2

Occasionally, text wraps in an undesirable location in your document, or you just want to keep words together for better readability. To keep hyphenated words together on one line, use a nonbreaking hyphen to replace the regular hyphen. You also can keep words together on one line by inserting a nonbreaking space instead of using the spacebar.

Question 3

Set off paragraphs with tabs, borders, lists, and columns

Answer 3

You can change appearance and add interest to documents by using paragraph formatting options. Tabs enable you to set markers in the document to use for aligning text. Borders and shading enable you to use boxes and/or shading to highlight an area of your document. A bulleted or numbered list helps to organize information by emphasizing or ordering important topics. Columns add interest by formatting text into side-by-side vertical blocks of text.

Question 4

Apply paragraph formats

Answer 4

The Paragraph dialog box contains many formatting options, such as alignment. Another option to adjust the distance from margins is indention. Line spacing determines the space between lines in a document, such as single or double, and can be customized. You also can specify an amount of space to insert before or after a paragraph, which is more efficient than pressing Enter. Widow/Orphan control prevents a single line from displaying at the top or bottom of a page, separate from the rest of a paragraph.

Question 5

Understand styles

Answer 5

A style is a set of formatting instructions that has been saved under a distinct name. Styles are created at the character or paragraph level and provide a consistent appearance to similar elements throughout a document. Styles provide the foundation to use other tools such as outlines and the table of contents.

Question 6

Create and modify styles

Answer 6

You can modify any existing style to change the formatting of all text defined by that style. You can even create a new style for use in the current or any other document.

Question 7

Format a graphical object

Answer 7

Graphics are often added to enhance a document. After you insert one, a variety of tools can make it fit and display where you want—such as changing height and width, scaling, or cropping unwanted portions. You can position the graphic more exactly by wrapping text, and you can use the Picture Styles gallery to add borders or reflections. You can refine imperfections or add creative touches to pictures using features to sharpen, change brightness, and adjust contrast. You can compress a graphic to reduce its size as well as the size of the document.

Question 8

Insert symbols into a document

Answer 8

Insert Symbol makes it easy to place typographic characters in a document. The symbols can be taken from any font and can be displayed in any point size.