Exam 55: Formatting Paragraphs and Documents

After you set a first-line indent in one paragraph, all subsequent paragraphs you type will have the same first-line indent.

You can indent text either from the left margin, from the right margin, but not from both margins.

A primary indent is when only the first line of a paragraph is indented.

Just as you apply formatting to text, you can also use Word features to format paragraphs and entire documents.

FIGURE WD 5-1 Referring to Figure WD 5-1 above, to create the next item in the list, press Enter. You can change the newly inserted item to a lower-level in one of three ways that does NOT include ____.

Hanging indents appear commonly in lists and documents such as glossaries and bibliographies.

Case WD 5-1 Genny is completing a research paper that requires some different types of paragraph formatting. If Genny chooses to select "Hanging" in the Special drop down menu, and sets the entry next to "By: 0.5" -- then first line of her paragraph _____.

You can also create a negative indent, sometimes called a(n) ____, by dragging the indent markers on the ruler to the left past the left margin, or by setting a negative number in the Left box in the Paragraph group on the Page Layout tab.

A(n) ____________________ list is a list with two or more levels of bullets or numbering.

A(n) ____________________ is any small character that appears before an item.

If you are using mirror margins, you can use mirror indents. On the Indents and Spacing tab in the ____ dialog box, click the Mirror indents checkbox to select it.

You can align text with the top of the page, center the text, distribute the text equally between the top and bottom margins (____), or align the text with the bottom of the page.

The ruler is hidden by default. To display it, you can click the View tab on the Ribbon, and then, in the ____, click the Ruler check box.

A ____ list is useful when items appear sequentially, such as instructions.

A(n) ____ in the circle before a heading indicates that there are subheadings or body text below the heading.

Describe how each of the following tab stops function and give an example of when you would use each type of tab stop: Left Tab, Right Tab, Center Tab, Decimal Tab.

____ refers to positioning text between the top and bottom margins of a document.

In ____________________ view, you can type topic headings and subheadings for a document.

Another way to increase the readability of a page is to modify the line spacing -the amount of space between paragraphs.

To vertically align text, click the Page Setup Dialog Box Launcher and then click the Layout tab. In the Page section, click the arrow next to the Vertical alignment box and choose Top, Center, Justified, or End .