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Word Processing Formatting Features

This document describes various formatting features in Word including: 1. Checking spelling and grammar by selecting the Review tab and Spelling & Grammar command. 2. Counting words by selecting the Word Count option on the Review tab or selecting text and viewing the count on the status bar. 3. Inserting headers and footers by selecting Insert > Header/Footer and building or selecting a design.

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Word Processing Formatting Features

This document describes various formatting features in Word including: 1. Checking spelling and grammar by selecting the Review tab and Spelling & Grammar command. 2. Counting words by selecting the Word Count option on the Review tab or selecting text and viewing the count on the status bar. 3. Inserting headers and footers by selecting Insert > Header/Footer and building or selecting a design.

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Demar Peart
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Word Processing Formatting Features

Spelling and Grammar Check


Steps
1. From the menu bar select Review tab, click the Spelling &
Grammar command.

2. The Spelling and Grammar pane will appear on the right. For each error
in your document, Word will try to offer one or more suggestions. You
can select a suggestion and click Change to correct the error.

3. Word will move through each error until you have reviewed all of them.
After the last error has been reviewed, a dialog box will appear
confirming that the spelling and grammar check is complete. Click OK.

Word Count
Steps:
1. On the Review tab, in the Proofing group, click Word Count.
2. In the Word Count dialog box, select the Include textboxes, footnotes and
endnotes check box.
Or
• Select the text that you want to count.
• The status bar displays the number of words in the selection. For example,
100/1440 means that the selection accounts for 100 words of the total number of
words in the document, 1,440.
• To select blocks of text that aren't next to each other, select the first section, and
then hold down CTRL and select additional sections.

Insert a header or footer


1. Select Insert > Header or Footer.
2. Select one of the built in designs.
3. Type the text you want in the header or footer.
4. Select Close Header and Footer when you're done.
Apply a predefined margin setting
1. Select Layout > Margins.

2. Select the margin measurements you want.

Note: If your document contains multiple sections, the new margins apply only to
the selected sections.

Create a custom margin

1. Select Layout > Margins.


2. Select Custom Margins.
3. In Margins, use the Up and Down arrows to enter the values you want.
4. Select OK when done.
Change default margins

1. Select Layout > Margins > Custom Margins.


2. Set your margins.
3. Select Set As Default.
4. Confirm your selection.

Insert page numbers

1. Select Insert > Page Number.


2. Select where you want the page number to appear.
3. Select the style you like and Word automatically numbers each page for you.

Start page numbering on second page

1. Open the Header & Footer Tools by double-clicking inside the header or footer
area.
2. Select Design > Page Number > Format Page Numbers.
3. Set Start at to 0 and select OK.
4. Select Different First Page.
5. Select Close Header and Footer.

Remove page numbers

1. Select Insert > Page Number.


2. Select Remove Page Numbers.

Insert a page break

1. Place the cursor where you want to start a new page.


2. Select Insert > Page Break.

Change page break settings

1. Select Layout.
2. In the Paragraph group, select the small arrow.
3. In the Paragraph dialog box, select Line and Page Breaks.
4. Under Pagination, choose the option that works best for you:
▪ Widow/Orphan control
▪ Keep with next
▪ Keep lines together.
▪ Page break before

Delete a page break

1. Select Home > Show/Hide .

This will display non-printing characters—paragraph markers, section breaks, page


breaks, etc.—that you may want to see while you’re working on your document.
2. Double-click the page break so that it's selected, and then press Delete.

Inserting Bullets

1. Place your cursor where you want a bulleted list.


2. Click Home> Paragraph, and then click the arrow next to Bullets. Choose a bullet
style and start typing.

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