Project 1: Word Basics
Format Spaces

Step-by-Step: Format Spaces

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What you will learn:

to create a bulleted list to add shading to add borders

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Start with: flyer-World Travel Inc.doc

Bullets

In a bulleted list each item in the list is preceded by a dot, square, or other shape or image, which is called a bullet.

1. Select the lines which list the trips.
    
2. Click the Bullet button on the toolbar to turn these lines into a bulleted list.
    
   Are your bullets small solid circles? Great! You won the lottery. This button applies the bullet formatting that was used last.

   If your bullets aren't circles:
       While the lines are still selected --

   1. Right click on the selection and choose  Bullets and Numbering  from the popup menu.
   2. If one of the options shown uses small solid circles, click on it and then on OK. Success!

   If you do not see a choice with circles, you must format the bullets the hard way --Customize bullets:

   1. Click on the Modify or Customize button. A dialog opens which allows you to choose the bullet symbol.
   2. Click on the Bullets button in the middle. If the Symbol font is not showing, from the Fonts list, choose the font Symbol. Then click on the small solid circle on 6^th row 12^th column from the left.
      Click on the Character button to see the choices in the current font. (If the font is not Symbols, choose Cancel, click the Font button, select Symbols, then click Character again.) Select the dot character that is in row 10, column 8.
   3. Click on OK until you are back in your document. Whew!

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Shading

Shading is a colored or patterned background. Pictures and text are on top of the color or pattern. Remember that a black and white printer will turn your colors to shades of gray. The Shading portion of the Tables and Borders toolbar doesn't offer all of the choices that are on the Shading tab of the Borders and Shading dialog box from the Format menu.

1. Select the lines listing the trips by dragging down the margin.
    
2. From the menu select  Format  |  Borders and Shading…  |  Shading 

   

3. Select 20% gray. The box to the right of the palette shows the name of the selected color. In the Apply to: box select Paragraph.
    
4. Choose OK. The text area surrounding the selected paragraphs is now a light gray.

   When you choose a dark color for shading, you should change the text color to a pale color for contrast.
    

5. Save.
   How to handle a full disk

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Borders

A border is a line around something. The versions of Word since Word97 can put a line around just about anything! The Tables and Borders toolbar doesn't have all of the choices that the dialog box shows.

1. While the lines about trips are still selected, from the menu select  Format  |  Borders and Shading…  |  Borders 

   

2. Click on the setting Box.
    
3. Select the solid line Style.
    
4. Select line Width of 2¼ pt.
    
5. Select Apply to: Paragraph.

   Border options: You can click on the picture in the right of the dialog to select which edges you want to show a border. Under Options you can change how far from the border the text is. The default is 1 pt. top and bottom and 4 pt. left and right.
    

6. Save.
   How to handle a full disk

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