Microsoft Office Professional 2010 Step by Step eBook

In this exercise, you’ll format the text in a document by changing its font, style, size, color,

and character spacing. You’ll also highlight a few words. Then you’ll return selected text to

its original condition by clearing some formatting you no longer want.

SET UP You need the OrientationDraft_start document located in your Chapter04

practice file folder to complete this exercise. Open the OrientationDraft_start

document, and save it as OrientationDraft. Then follow the steps.

1. In the Employee Orientation heading, click anywhere in the word Orientation.


2. On the Home tab, in the Font group, click the Underline button.

Keyboard Shortcut Press Ctrl+U to underline the active word or selection.

The word containing the cursor is now underlined. Notice that you did not have to

select the entire word.

Tip If you click the Underline arrow, you can choose an underline style and color from

the Underline gallery.

3. In the same heading, click anywhere in the word Employee, and then on the Quick
   Access Toolbar, click the Repeat button.
   Keyboard Shortcut Press Ctrl+Y to repeat an action.
   Word repeats the previous formatting command. Again, although you did not
   select the entire word, it is now underlined.


4. In the selection area, click adjacent to Employee Orientation to select the entire
   heading.
   Word displays a transparent version of the Mini Toolbar. You can use the common
   commands on the Mini Toolbar to quickly change the look of the selection.


5. Point to the Mini Toolbar to make it fully visible. Then on the Mini Toolbar, click the
   Bold button.
   Keyboard Shortcut Press Ctrl+B to make the active word or selection bold.

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