To preview and apply styles
To change the style set
To apply character formatting
To copy formatting
To change the font
To change the font size
To apply text effects
Select the text, and then on the Home tab, click the Font Dialog Box Launcher.
In the Font dialog box, under Effects, select the check box for the effect you want, and then click OK.
To clear formatting from text
To change the color of text
To highlight text with a color
To select all text with the same formatting
To insert a line break
To align paragraphs
To indent the first line of a paragraph
To indent an entire paragraph
To increase or decrease indenting
To set a tab stop
To change the position of a tab stop
To add a border or shading to a paragraph
Click the paragraph. Then on the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Borders and Shading arrow, and click Borders and Shading.
In the Borders and Shading dialog box, on the Borders tab, click the icon of the border style you want to apply, and then click OK.
In the Borders and Shading dialog box, on the Shading tab, click the Fill arrow, click the shading color you want, and then click OK.
To format paragraphs as a list
To change the style of a list
Select the list paragraphs. Then on the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Bullets or Numbering arrow.
In the Bullets Library or Numbering Library, click the bullet or number style you want to use.
To change the indent level of a list
To sort items in a list
Select the list paragraphs. Then on the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Sort button.
In the Sort Text dialog box, click the Type arrow, and then in the list, click the type of text by which to sort.
Select Ascending or Descending, and then click OK.
To create a multilevel list
Click where you want to create the list. Then on the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Multilevel List button.
In the Multilevel List gallery, click the thumbnail of the multilevel list style you want to use.
Type the text of the list, pressing to create another item at the same level, pressing and then to create a subordinate item, or pressing and then to create a higher-level item.