Character Formatting

Character Formatting

Lesson 3 MOAC 2013

Lesson 3

Character Formatting

New Features

The following new features in Word 2013 are covered in this lesson:

  • Font Dialog Box
  • Import a PDF File and Apply Formatting

Learning Objectives

Students will learn to:

  • Format Characters Manually
  • Use the Format Painter
  • Format text with styles
  • Replace text with WordArt
  • Removetext formatting

MOS Skills

  • Change Font attributes2.2.1
  • Demonstrate how to use Format Painter2.2.3
  • Add Styles to text2.2.9
  • Change text to WordArt2.2.10
  • Open non-native files directly in Word1.1.4
  • Open a PDF in Word for editing1.1.5
  • Clear existing formatting2.2.6

Lesson Summary — Lecture Notes

Lesson 3 focuses on how students can format characters within Word documents.

Begin by covering the formatting options found in the Font group of the Home tab. Demonstratehow students can use these commands to change the font and font size of selected text within a document.As you point to different font types and sizes in their respective lists, make surestudents understand the different methods used in the dialog box and Font group. Briefly explain the difference between serif and sans serif fonts.

Within the same group, discuss other attributes that can be used to give characters emphasis such as bold, italics, and underline. Learning keyboard shortcut is a great way to change characters in the document. There are many shortcuts to remember but students can learn the basic ones for quicker results.Be sure to cover the Font dialog box options.

Also within the same group, illustrate how students can change the case of selected text. Students should become familiar with the five options within the Change Case menu: Sentence Case, Lowercase, Uppercase, Title Case, and Toggle Case. Demonstrate how students can add and remove text highlighting. Note that students can either add highlighting to selected text or choose a highlighting option prior to keying text.

Explain the benefit of using the Format Painter tool to copy and apply formatting to characters. Demonstrate how students can use the Format Painter tool to copy formatting from selected text. Ensure that students understand how to copy and paste formatting to a single selection as well as to multiple areas within a document.

Demonstrate how predefined Styles and themes can be used to quickly change the appearance of a document. Discuss how to modify various Styles and apply to a document. Students should understand how to differentiate between paragraph styles and character styles. Once a style has been applied to text, show students how they can make style modifications from the Modify dialog box. Note that the Modify dialog box contains many of the same formatting options that are found in the Font group of the Home tab.

Demonstrate how easy it is to spruce up a document title by using WordArt. With the Drawing Tools open, the WordArt Styles groups contains commands to enhance the selected content.

Discuss how Word 2013 now allows users to edit PDF files in Word. All commands in Word are available for editing after importing.

Finally, cover how students can use the Clear Formatting command, found in the Styles group and Font group of the Home tab, to remove formatting from selected text.

Key Terms

characterAny single letter, number, symbol, or punctuation mark.

character stylesA style that is applied to individual characters or words that users have selected.

fontA set of characters that have the same design.

live previewLive preview shows you how your document will look with the selected feature.

monospacedA font in which all of its characters take up the same amount of horizontal space.

paragraph stylesA style in which the formats are applied instantly to all text in the paragraph where the insertion point is located, whether or not text is selected.

point sizeA measurement that refers to the height of characters with one point equaling approximately 1/12 of an inch.

proportional spaceA font in which the horizontal spacing varies.

sans serifA font that does not have the small line extensions on its characters.

serifA font that has small lines at the beginning and end of characters and that is usually used with large amounts of text.

Text EffectsA new font command group that adds a distinctive appearance, such as outlines, shadows, glows or reflections, to selected text.

WordArtDecorative text that enhances text.

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