Format Text and Paragraphs
Apply Character Formatting
Activity 16: Applying Different Font Options to Text
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In the Text and Paragraph Formatting folder, open Binghamton University
Draft.docx and Save As My Text Binghamton University Draft.docx to the
desktop
Format all the text with Verdana, 12 point size
Select Our history – in the Font group on the Change case button (Aa), select
Capitalize Each Word
Select the following headings: Our History, At a Glance, Our Schools, Gorgeous
Campus and Community, Innovative Living-Learning Facilities and Active,
Athletic Community and change the font to 16 point, italic, standard green color,
and deselect the text
Undo the last two changes
Select each heading and apply Heading 1 from the Styles group
(Note: check the Font to make sure it matches document font)
Select Welcome to BU and apply Title from the Styles group
(Note: check the Font to make sure it matches document font)
Save changes
Align Text Using Tabs
Activity 17: Setting Tabs
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Make sure My Text Binghamton University Draft.docx is open
At the top of the vertical scroll bar, select View Ruler or go to the View tab and
check Ruler to display the Ruler bar
On Page 2, under TotalCost$22543$34183 press Enter twice
Under Annual Cost, select 2014/2015 NYS ResidentOut-of-State Resident through
Total Cost$22543$34183
Copy and paste before Contact Us
Press Enter twice again
Copy and paste this again (there should be 3 copies)
Go back to the first copy and highlight 2014/2015NYS ResidenOut-ofState
Resident through Total Cost$22543$34183
Select left tab and set tab stops at the 1”, 2 ½” and 4” marks
o Align the text
 Place the insertion point just before 2014/2015NYS ResidentOutof-State Resident and press Tab
 Place the insertion point just before NYS Resident and press Tab to
align the word with the second tab stop
 Place the insertion point just before Out-of-State Resident and
press Tab
 Align the remaining payment data with the tab stops
o Add a bar tab
 Highlight 2014/2015 through $34183
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 Change the tab to bar
 Align bar to separate each column
 Deselect text
Highlight the second copy of 2014/2015NYS ResidenOut-ofState Resident
through Total Cost$22543$34183
Select center tab and set tab stops at ½”, 2 ½” and 4 ½”
o Align the text
o Add a bar tab
 Highlight 2014/2015 through $34183
 Change the tab to bar
 Align bar to separate each column
 Deselect text
Highlight the third copy of 2014/2015NYS ResidenOut-ofState Resident through
Total Cost$22543$34183
Select right tab and set tab stops at 1 ½”, 3” and 5”
o Align the text
o Add a bar tab
 Highlight 2014/2015 through $34183
 Change the tab to bar
 Align bar to separate each column
 Deselect text
Save changes
Activity 17a: Altering Tabs
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Go back to the first copy and highlight 2014/2015NYS ResidenOut-ofState
Resident through Total Cost$22543$34183
Alter the left tab stop from 1” to ½”
Save changes
Note: To Delete Tabs: click and hold the tab you want to delete and then drag it off
the ruler bar.
Display Text as Lists
Activity 18: Creating a Bulleted and Numbered List
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In the Text and Paragraph Formatting folder, open Binghamton University
Draft.docx and Save As Our Text Binghamton University Draft.docx to the
desktop
Bullet the list under the heading Gorgeous Campus and Community
o Highlight the paragraph under the heading Gorgeous Campus and
Community
o On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, select the Bullets button to add
bullets to the paragraph.
o Add a new bulleted list item:
 Click at the end of the fourth list item and press Enter
 Type Within walking distance there are many restaurants,
hotels, shopping and more! And press Enter
 Select the Bullet button to turn off bulleting
o Save changes
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Convert the information below the line Innovative Living-Learning Facilities into
a numbered list and add a new item.
o In the next paragraph, find the heading Innovative Living-Learning
Facilities and highlight all the rules directly below it
o On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, select the Numbering button
o Press Enter at the end of the list to add a new entry
o Type The newly opened Admissions Center is now home to many
student services including student accounts, the registrar, financial aid
and admissions. and press Enter
o Select the Numbering button again to turn off numbering
o Save changes
Control Paragraph Layout
Activity 19: Setting Paragraph Alignment
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Make sure Our Text Binghamton University Draft.docx is open
Select Our History
On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, select the Center button to center the
text
Center-align the At a Glance, Our Schools, Gorgeous Campus and Community,
Innovative Living-Learning Facilities and Active, Athletic Community Headings
o Select At a Glance
o Press CTRL and select the remaining headings
o In the Paragraph group, select the Center button
o Deselect the text
Save changes
Activity 20: Setting Indents, Spacing and Hyphenation Options
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Make sure Our Text Binghamton University Draft.docx is open
Select the six paragraphs under Our Schools
o Click the Increase Indent button once to increase the indent by 0.5 inches.
o On the horizontal ruler bar, drag the right indent marker to 5 ½”
o On the horizontal ruler bar, drag the hanging indent marker to 1”
o Deselect the text
o Save changes
Change the line spacing to 1.15
o Select all the text in the document
o On the Home tab, under the Paragraph group, select the Line and
Paragraph Spacing button and chose 1.15 from the list
o Deselect the text
Set the hyphenation to Automatic
o On the Page Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, select Hyphenation and
choose Automatic from the list
o Scroll through the document and observe the hyphenated words. No
significant space has been saved and the text looks choppy
o Return the hyphenation to None
Save changes
Control Page Layout
Activity 21: Controlling Page Layout
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Make sure Our Text Binghamton University Draft.docx is open
Apply the Narrow margin setting to the document
o On the Page Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, select Margins to open
the Margins gallery
o From the gallery, choose Narrow
Insert a page break before Our Schools
o Place the insertion point before Our Schools
o On the Page Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, select Breaks
o From the gallery, select Page
Insert a page break before Innovative Living-Learning Facilities and Active,
Athletic Community
Set the vertical alignment of the document content to Center
o On the Page Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, select the dialog box
launcher to open the Page Setup dialog box
o In the dialog box, on the Layout tab, under Page, select Center from the list
o Under Preview, in the Apply to box, verify that Whole document is
selected
o Select OK
Set the left indent of the first line in the document to 1”
o On the first page, place the insertion point just before Visit us at
www.binghamton.edu
o On the Page Layout tab, in the Paragraph group, in the Indent Left spin
box, set the value to 1”
Save changes