See also
Add basic formatting to text
Select the text you want to format with bold, italic, or underlining, and then do one of the following:
More ways to format text
Select the text you want to format. Then, on the Home tab, in the Font group:
| To |
Click |
| Select another font |
Font
|
| Change font size |
Font Size
|
| Increase font size |
Grow Font
|
| Decrease font size |
Shrink Font
|
| Change text color |
Font Color
|
Ways to change spacing
Select the text whose spacing you want to change. Then, on the Home tab, in the Paragraph group:
| To |
Click this |
| Center text on the page |
Center
|
| Indent text to the right |
Increase Indent
|
| Decrease the indent level |
Decrease Indent
|
| Adjust line spacing |
Line spacing
|
Remove formatting and styles
Immediately after you apply the formatting or styles, click
Undo
on the Quick Access Toolbar at the top of the window. Or press CTRL+Z to do the same thing.
To remove all the formatting and styles from a document with one click, on the Home tab, in the Font group, click Clear Formatting
.
Change how much space is between lines of text
Place the insertion point in the line or paragraph for which you want to change the line spacing. On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click Line Spacing
. In the list, select the spacing you want.
To change the line spacing for an entire document, press CTRL+A to select the document, and then follow the steps above.
Tip To format line spacing so that there is very little space between lines, in the address block in a letter, for example, on the Home tab, in the Styles group, click No Spacing.
Create a list
Select the text to change into a list. On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click either Bullets
or Numbering
.
To create a numbered list as you enter text, type, 1. (be sure to include a period after the 1), and press SPACEBAR to enter a space. The AutoCorrect Options button
appears. If you didn't want a list, you could click the button and select Undo Automatic Numbering.
Enter some text for step 1, and then press ENTER. Type what you want in the second step and then press ENTER. If you don't need the next step after you press ENTER, press ENTER again to stop the list.
To create a bulleted list as you type, you enter an * (asterisk), without a period following it. Do include a space after the asterisk, and type your list, as above.
Apply a style
Select text. On the Home tab, in the Styles group, move the pointer over the styles to see how each style will look in your document. If you don't see the style that you want, click the More button
to expand the Quick Styles gallery. When you see a style you like, click it.
Apply a Quick Style set
After you apply formatting and styles, you can apply a Quick Style set. These are sets of styles that can dramatically change the look of the entire document with one click. Each set may include styles for different heading levels, body text, quotes, and titles, all designed to work together.
On the Home tab, in the Styles group, click Change Styles, and then point to Style Set. Move the pointer over the style sets to see how your document will look. When you see a set you like, click it.
To change style set colors, on the Home tab, in the Styles group, click Change Styles, and point to Colors. Move the pointer over the colors to see how they will look in your document. Click the color you like.
To change style set fonts, on the Home tab, in the Styles group, click Change Styles, and point to Fonts. Move the pointer over the fonts to see how they will look in your document. Click the fonts you like.
Note that the Colors and Fonts commands in the Styles group are not available for documents created in earlier versions of Word.
Tip You can apply a Quick Style set to a blank document, before you start typing. Then, as you type, use the Styles gallery (which reflects the Quick Style set) on the Home tab to format your document.
Create your own Quick Style Sets
If you modify a Quick Style set by changing colors and fonts, you can save your changes as your own Quick Style set. Then you don't have to make changes to a style set each time you create a new document.
On the Home tab, in the Styles group, click Change Styles, and then point to Style Set. At the bottom of the styles list, click Save As Quick Style Set. The Save Quick Style Set dialog box opens. In the File name box, type a name: for example, "Weekly Report" or "Business." Then click Save.
To reuse the style set, on the Home tab, in the Styles group, click Change Styles, and then point to Style Set. Click the name of your style set.
Make a Quick Style set the default style
You can make any Quick Style set the default style when you open a new, blank document.
On the Home tab, in the Styles group, click Change Styles, and then point to Style Set. Click the Quick Style set that you want. Then click Change Styles, and click Set as Default.
If you want to return to the style you used before changing the default, on the Home tab, in the Styles group, click Change Styles, and then point to Style Set. Click Word 2007. Then click Change Styles, and click Set as Default.
Note If you used a previous version of Word and prefer the styles from that version each time you open a blank document, select the Word 2003 style set, and then click Set as Default.
