Endorsed AIT for NTec Notes 3.0 Learn Text Processing Software
Endorsed AIT for NTec Notes 3.0 Learn Text Processing Software
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Technology for NTec Apply character formatting
The appearance of your document helps to convey not only the document's message
but also information about the document's creator-you. A neatly organized docu
ment that contains consistently formatted content and appropriate graphic elements,
Software Earlier in this chapter. you learned about methods of applying formatting to para
graphs. This topic covers methods of formatting the text of a document. Formatting
that you apply to text is referred to as character formatting. In Word documents, you
can apply three types of character formatting:
■ Individual character formats including font, font size. bold. italic, under1ine,
Performance Objective:
strikethrough, subscript, superscript, font color, and highlight color
• 3.1 Use formatting document techniques ■ Artistic text effects that incorporate character outline and fill colors
■ Preformatted styles associated with the document template, many of which not
Enabling Objectives: only affect the appearance of the text but also convey structural information
(such as titles and headings)
• 3.1.1 Apply formatting of document techniques When you enter text in a document, it is displayed in a specific font. By default, the
font used for text in a new blank document is 11-point Calibri, but you can change
• 3.1.2 Insert table into document the font of any element at any time. The available fonts vary from one computer to
another, depending on the apps installed. Common fonts include Arial, Verdana, and
• 3.1.3 Apply styles with different levels of headings Times New Roman.
• 3.1.4 Use appropriate tools to check spelling, grammar and meanings You can vary the look of a font by changing the following attributes:
■ Size Almost every font has a range of sizes you can select from. (Sometimes
• 3.1.5 Save document as a pdf file you can s"t additional sizes beyond those listed.) The font size is measured
in points. from the top of the ascenders (letter parts that go up, as in h) to
• 3.1.6 Print formatted documents the bottom of the descenders (letter parts that drop down, as in p). A point is
approximately V72 of an inch (about 0.04 centimeters).
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