Open the document you saved previously in "Let's edit a document", and let's format some text.

Tip: How to open a document For information on how to open a document, refer to "Let's open a document".

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• Types of text formatting

• Let's format some text

Types of text formatting

The text formatting is primarily found under Font on the Home tab of the Ribbon.

See the table below for the names and roles of the buttons displayed in the Ribbon. Let's combine them and try to format some text.

Button	Name	Role
	Font	Changes the font.
	Font Size	Changes the size of the text.
	Grow Font	Increases the text size.
	Shrink Font	Decreases the text size.
	Clear Formatting	Clears all formatting for the selected text, leaving only the plain text.
	Character Border	Applies a border around a set of characters or a sentence.
	Bold	Makes the selected text bold.
	Italic	Italicizes the selected text.
	Underline	Draws a line under the selected text.
	Strikethrough	Draws a line through the middle of selected text.
	Subscript	Creates small letters below the text baseline.
	Superscript	Creates small letters above the line of text.
	Change Case	Changes all the selected text to UPPERCASE, lowercase, or other common capitalizations.
	Text Highlight Color	Makes text look like it was marked with a highlighter pen.
	Font Color	Changes the text color.
	Character Shading	Shades the background of an entire line. This is called character shading.

Tip: A Ribbon button can be selected and not selected Among the buttons used for text formatting, there is the selected (Yellow: ) and the not selected (the same color as the Ribbon: ). You can switch between the two states by clicking the button. "Selected" means that the feature is applied. By the way, if you change the current position of the cursor, the state of the button for that location is reflected.

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Let's format some text

1. Open the document, and select the word "Nikko".

   

   Tip: When I selected the text, a small toolbar appeared? When you select text, frequently used commands appear near the cursor. It's useful. Let's use it!

2. From Font, select Arial Black.

   

3. With the text selected, change the color of the text.

   

4. The font and color of the word "Nikko" changes.

   

5. Select the word "Bus Tour".

   

6. Let's click Bold to select it and change the color.

   

7. The thickness of the text and its color change.

   

8. Select "Announcement" and then change the font and color.

   

9. The color of the "Announcement" changes.

In this way, let's try to combine various commands to format text. These are basic commands. Let's try it again and practice it until we learn it.

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