MS Word Tips: Formatting Characters, Paragraphs, and Documents

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Look here for tips on formatting characters, paragraphs, and documents.

Formatting in General

	Accessing the Full List of Styles
	A Shortcut for Formatting Text
	Hiding Text
	Removing Text and Paragraph Formatting
	Showing Formatting
	Using the Style Gallery (Word 97)

The Format Painter

	A Format Painter Shortcut
	Copying Formatting between Documents
	“Repainting” Formatting
	Using the Format Painter

Formatting Characters

	Adjusting Character Spacing
	Changing Text Attributes
	Formatting Fractions
	Justifying a Word
	Specifying Font Sizes

Formatting Paragraphs

	Adding Space between Paragraphs
	Applying the Normal Style
	Justifying a Line
	Preserving Paragraph Formatting
	Using the Built-In Heading Styles

Bullets and Numbering

	Disabling Automatic Numbering
	Inserting Picture Bullets
	Making the Numbers in a List Bold
	Making the Numbers in a List Bold (Continued)
	More Stopping and Starting a Numbered List
	Right-Aligning Numbers in a List
	Stopping and Starting a Numbered List
	Typing Multi-Level Bulleted Lists
	Typing Numbered Lists Automatically

Indenting

	Applying a Hanging Indent
	Applying a Paragraph Indent
	Creating Custom Paragraph Indents
	Hanging Indents (Posted 11/26/2000)
	“Outdenting” Section Headings

Line Numbering

	Numbering Lines
	Suppressing Line Numbers

Paragraph Borders

	Applying a Paragraph Border
	Dragging Paragraph Borders
	Using Paragraph Borders and Shading (Posted 01/01/2001)

Tabs

	Moving and Deleting Tabs
	On Working with Tabs
	Setting a Tab Leader
	Using Decimal Tabs
	Using the Ruler to Set Tabs

Formatting Documents

	Creating a Text Watermark
	Creating a Graphic Watermark
	Editing Headers and Footers
	Justifying a Page
	Starting New Chapters on New Pages
	Working with Headers and Footers

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