- Introduction
- Formatting Text
- Formatting Text for Emphasis
- Changing Character Spacing
- Selecting Text with Similar Formatting
- Finding and Replacing Formatting
- Finding and Replacing Custom Formatting
- Changing Paragraph Alignment
- Changing Line Spacing
- Displaying Rulers
- Setting Paragraph Tabs
- Setting Paragraph Indents
- Creating Bulleted and Numbered Lists
- Applying Borders and Shading
- Hiding Text
Formatting Text for Emphasis
You’ll often want to format, or change the style of, certain words or phrases to add emphasis to parts of a document. In addition to the standard formatting options—Bold, Italic, Underline, etc.—Word provides additional formatting effects to text, including Font Color, Gradient (New!), Shadow (New!), Outline (New!), Reflection (New!), Glow (New!), 3-D (New!), Highlight, Strikethrough, Superscript, Subscript, Small Caps, All Caps, and Hidden. To help you format sentences and change capitalization, you can change text case.
Apply Formatting Text Effects
Select the text you want to format.
Click the Home tab.
Click the formatting (Font, Font Style, Size, Bold, Italic, Underline (select a style and color), Strikethrough, Superscript, Subscript, or Font Color (select a color or a Gradient (New!)) you want.
To add a visual effect to text, click the Text Effect button (New!), and then click the option you want:
- A combination text effect.
- Outline
- Shadow
- Reflection
- Glow
- Clear Text Effects. Removes effect.
To change text case, click the Case button, and then click the option you want:
- Sentence case.
- lowercase
- UPPERCASE
- Capitalize Each Word
- tOGGLEcASE
To highlight text, click the Text Highlight Color button arrow, and then click the color you want.
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Add highlight. Click a color.
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Remove highlight. Click No Color.
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Apply Other Formatting Effects to Text
Select the text you want to format.
Click the Home tab.
Click the Font Dialog Box Launcher.
Click the formatting (Font, Font Style, Size, Font color, Underline style, and Underline color) you want.
Click to select the effects (Strikethrough, Double strikethrough, Superscript, Subscript, Small caps, All caps, and Hidden) you want.
To custom text effects, such as a text fill or outline with a solid or gradient, shadow, reflection, glow and soft edges, or 3-D format, click Text Effects, specify the options you want, and then click Close (New!).
Check the results in the Preview box.
To make the new formatting options the default for all new Word documents, click Set As Default, and then click Yes.
Click OK.