The Format Menu is one of most useful features of Microsoft Word. I will try to cover as much as possible about this menu. Before I get started about the menu options, I want to talk a little about the short cuts available on the toolbar for easy formatting.

If you have the Formatting toolbar checked under View Menu, you will see something that looks like this

type        size    style


This is the fastest way to change the appearance of text in your document.

Font  type:

Just click on the drop down list box (type) to change the font type

Font size:

Click on the drop down list box (size) to change the font size

Font style:

If you want to change the text to bold, italic or underline, just select the text and then click on the appropriate option



This lets you make the text bold for more visual effect



This makes the text italic to give it a different appeal



This make the text underline for more stress

You can use a combination of the above formats to give the text more visual effect

The other way to change format is to use

Format Font

A new window will popup that looks like this



Orientation:

On the right side on the U button, you will see the orientation buttons. Lets discuss one of them at a time

Align Left

Aligns the selected text, numbers, or inline objects to the left with a ragged right edge.

Align Center

Centers the selected text, numbers, or inline objects.

Align Right

Aligns the selected text, numbers, or inline objects to the right with a ragged left edge.

If you want to format the paragraphs, you can do the following

Format Paragraphs



If you want to add bullets to your document, you can do the following

Format Bullets and Numbering



If you want to add borders and shading, do the following

Format Borders and Shading



Format Style Gallery