To preview and apply styles to selected text
On the Home tab, in the Styles group, display the Styles gallery, point to the thumbnail of the style you want to preview, and then click the thumbnail of the style you want to apply.
To change the style set
On the Home tab, in the Styles group, click the Change Styles button, click Style Set, and then click the set you want to use.
To apply character formatting to selected text
On the Home tab, in the Font group (or on the Mini toolbar that appears), click the button of the formatting you want to apply.
To copy formatting of selected text
On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group (or on the Mini toolbar that appears), click the Format Painter button, and select the text to which you want to apply the copied formatting.
To clear formatting from selected text
On the Home tab, in the Font group, click the Clear Formatting button.
To change the font of selected text
On the Home tab, in the Font group, click the Font arrow, and then in the list, click the font you want.
To change the font size of selected text
On the Home tab, in the Font group, click the Font Size arrow, and then in the list, click the font size you want.
To apply text effects to selected text
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 change the color of selected text
On the Home tab, in the Font group, click the Font Color arrow, and in the color palette, click the color you want.
To highlight selected text with a color
On the Home tab, in the Font group, click the Highlight arrow, and click the color you want.
To select all text with the same formatting
Click the formatted text. Then on the Home tab, in the Editing group, click the Select button, and click Select Text With Similar Formatting.
To insert a line break
Click at the right end of the text where you want the line break to appear. Then on the Page Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, click the Breaks button, and click Text Wrapping.
To align paragraphs
Click the paragraph, or select multiple paragraphs. Then on the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Align Left, Center, Align Right, or Justify button.
To indent the first line of a paragraph
Click the paragraph. Then on the horizontal ruler, drag the First Line Indent marker to the location of the indent.
To indent an entire paragraph
Click the paragraph, or select multiple paragraphs. Then on the horizontal ruler, drag the Left Indent or Right Indent marker to the location of the indent.
To increase or decrease indenting
Click the paragraph, or select multiple paragraphs. Then in the Paragraph group, click the Increase Indent or Decrease Indent button.
To set a tab stop
Click the paragraph, or select multiple paragraphs. Then click the Tab button until it displays the type of tab you want, and click the horizontal ruler where you want to set the tab stop for the selected paragraph(s).
To change the position of a tab stop
Click the paragraph, or select multiple paragraphs. Then on the horizontal ruler, drag the tab stop to the new mark.
To add a border or shading to a selected paragraph
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 selected paragraphs as a list
On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Bullets or Numbering button.
To change the style of selected list paragraphs
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 selected list paragraphs
On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Decrease Indent or Increase Indent button.
To sort items in a selected list
On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Sort button.
In the Sort Text dialog box, in the Type 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.