Microsoft Word offers multiple ways to format—or lay out—the text, images, and graphics in your documents.
Format: This refers to how the text is presented on the screen and on the printed page. It includes the following elements:
1. Font: This includes the theme font, style, and size of text characters.
2. Alignment: This refers to where the edges of lines of text are set. “Left-aligned” means that all the text is aligned with the left margin—in other words, the lines of text all begin at the same point on the left side of the page; “right-aligned” means the lines of text all end at the same point on the right side; and “center-aligned” means that each line is centered on the page.
3. Line Spacing: This indicates the amount of space between lines of text. Single (1.5) and double (2.0) are common line-spacing designations. To make the text of your document double-spaced in Microsoft Word click the Line and Paragraph Spacing icon on home tab and select 2.0.
4. Margins: This refers to the amount of space between the text and the top, bottom, right, and left edges of the page. One-inch margins are common for essays and other documents you may create. You can change the margins using the Layout tab.
5. Indentation: This refers to the amount of blank space between the right or left margin and the start of a paragraph. You can use the Tab button to indent, or if you need to change the indentation size, you can manually set your preferred indentation using the Layout tab. using the standard indentation, which your Tab key does by default, ensures continuity from paragraph to paragraph and from page to page.
The best way to learn what commands and features do and how to access them in any software or program is to play around and experiment them.
Apart from Microsoft Word other programs or software’s one can use to create documents are;
1. Google Docs; available to all Gmail users. Google Docs includes real-time editing, meaning that users can see the changes that their collaborators are making as they happen.
2. LibreOffice
3. OpenOffice
Format: This refers to how the text is presented on the screen and on the printed page. It includes the following elements:
1. Font: This includes the theme font, style, and size of text characters.
2. Alignment: This refers to where the edges of lines of text are set. “Left-aligned” means that all the text is aligned with the left margin—in other words, the lines of text all begin at the same point on the left side of the page; “right-aligned” means the lines of text all end at the same point on the right side; and “center-aligned” means that each line is centered on the page.
3. Line Spacing: This indicates the amount of space between lines of text. Single (1.5) and double (2.0) are common line-spacing designations. To make the text of your document double-spaced in Microsoft Word click the Line and Paragraph Spacing icon on home tab and select 2.0.
4. Margins: This refers to the amount of space between the text and the top, bottom, right, and left edges of the page. One-inch margins are common for essays and other documents you may create. You can change the margins using the Layout tab.
5. Indentation: This refers to the amount of blank space between the right or left margin and the start of a paragraph. You can use the Tab button to indent, or if you need to change the indentation size, you can manually set your preferred indentation using the Layout tab. using the standard indentation, which your Tab key does by default, ensures continuity from paragraph to paragraph and from page to page.
The best way to learn what commands and features do and how to access them in any software or program is to play around and experiment them.
Apart from Microsoft Word other programs or software’s one can use to create documents are;
1. Google Docs; available to all Gmail users. Google Docs includes real-time editing, meaning that users can see the changes that their collaborators are making as they happen.
2. LibreOffice
3. OpenOffice
4. WPS Office; well suited for mobile devices.
Reasons for choosing other word editing software’s other than Microsoft word;
1. Cost; Google Docs is free to all people with Gmail account.
2. Compatibility and file support. If you create a file with a different word processing program, will it look the same when someone opens it with another program, or will some fonts or features (such as tables) not display correctly?
3. User interface. There are similarities and differences between the various word processing applications. Once you’re familiar with the user interface of one, you may not want to take the time to learn another.
4. Collaboration needs. Do you work mainly on your own, or do you need to work with others? Will only one person be working in a document at a time, or do several people need to be able to make and view changes in real time? For collaboration purpose Google Docs is the best.
Reasons for choosing other word editing software’s other than Microsoft word;
1. Cost; Google Docs is free to all people with Gmail account.
2. Compatibility and file support. If you create a file with a different word processing program, will it look the same when someone opens it with another program, or will some fonts or features (such as tables) not display correctly?
3. User interface. There are similarities and differences between the various word processing applications. Once you’re familiar with the user interface of one, you may not want to take the time to learn another.
4. Collaboration needs. Do you work mainly on your own, or do you need to work with others? Will only one person be working in a document at a time, or do several people need to be able to make and view changes in real time? For collaboration purpose Google Docs is the best.
