MS Word: Text Effects & Text Styles

1. Text Effects & Text Styles
by: Esmeraldo T. Guimbarda Jr.

2. Text Effects
In Text effects, you can change the look of your texts by
changing its fill, outline, lines, or adding effects such as
shadows, glows, or reflections. You can change the text
effects by highlighting the text, then, click the Font option.
Under the Font Tab in the Font Option, you can change the
font face, font style, font size, font color, underline style,
underline color, and effects of the highlighted text. A
Preview box is also there to show you a preview of the
effects that you had added to the text. More Text Effects
are available in the Text Effects… button below the Font
Option window.

4. Text Styles
A style is a set of formatting characteristics that you
can apply to your texts in your document to quickly
change their look. When you apply a style, you apply
a whole group of formats in one simple task. You can
find this option in the Styles Group under the Home
Tab. Click the dropdown to all styles in one window.
For more styles, click on the Change Styles button.

6. Activity
1. Open Microsoft Word. Click on Start ►All Programs
► Microsoft Office► Microsoft Word or double-click on
the Microsoft Word shortcut on the desktop. This will
open a blank document in Microsoft Word.

7. 2. Before you start typing your poem, it’s best to save
your work now so you’ll just hit the CTRL + S keys
once you’re done. To save the document, click the
Save Button.

8. 3. Upon clicking the Save Button, the Save As Window
will appear. Choose a File Destination and a File Name
for your document then click Save. You can simply
click CTRL + S to save your changes the next time you
wish to save the document.
Set your filename as songs.
docx

9. 4. Type in your favorite song and make it presentable by adding
some text effects on the title and text style for the lyrics of the song.

10. 5. Save your File. After editing your document, save
your finished file by clicking CTRL + S.