This document discusses formatting text in MS Word. It explains how to change font type, size, style, and color using the Font options under the Home tab. It differentiates between serif and sans serif fonts and provides examples. Instructions are given to create a document about an animal, with a 5 sentence paragraph in 14pt Arial black italic and an underlined title in 16pt Arial black. Pictures can optionally be added.

1. MS Word: Formatting
Text

2. Objective(s):
 Compare a serif and a sans serif font
 Change the font type, size, style, and color of
your text
 Apply special effects to selected text

3. Formatting Text
It is very important that we format our
text whenever we use MS Word. We
could build skills and attain new ways of
making our files more presentable and
professional.

4. Formatting Text: Editing
 As you open your Words, go to the Home tab on your ribbon and look for
the category “Font”

5. FONT STYLE
FONT SIZE
UNDERLINE
ITALIC
BOLD
TEXT HIGHLIGHT
FONT COLOR
BASIC FEATURES IN FORMATTING TEST ON MS WORD

6. Formatting Text: Serif
 A serif is a decorative stroke that
finishes off the end of a letters stem
(sometimes also called the “feet” of
the letters).

8. Formatting Text: Sans Serif
Sans serif does not have these
details or flourishes

10. Difference between Serif and Sans
Serif

11. Formatting Text: editing Text
You can improve the way your
document looks by changing its font
type, size, style, and color. The
process of improving the appearance
of your document is called
“Formatting”.

12. Worksheet no. 2
 Create a document about your favorite animal.
 Write a 5 sentence paragraph that describes the facts
about your favorite animal.
 Use 14 font size for the whole paragraph and 16 font
size for the title of the paragraph.
 Use Arial black as your font style for both title and the
paragraph.
 Underline the whole Title and use italic for the whole
paragraph.
 Adding pictures is optional in your document.