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Microsoft Word #word 2

Home Tab: The Home tab is the default tab in Microsoft Word.

Groups in Home Tab:
1. Clipboard (click here)
2. Font
3. Paragraph
4. Styles
5. Editing

2. Font Group

(a) Font/Font Face/Type Face:
• examples of Font face- Arial, Calibri, Cambriya, Times New Roman etc.
• By default font - Calibri

(b) Font Size:
• Font size is measured in pt(points)
• By default font size: 11pt
• Minimum font size: 1pt
• Maximum font size: 1638pt
• Minimum font size in Drop-Down list: 8pt
• Maximum font size in Drop-Down list: 72pt
• Increase the font size: Ctrl+Shift+>
• Decrease the font size: Ctrl+Shift+<
• Increase the font size by 1 point: Ctrl+]
Decrease the font size by 1 point: Ctrl+[

(c) Font Style:
Bold(Ctrl+B),
Italic(Ctrl+I),
Underline(Ctrl+U),
Regular
• By default font style: Regular
• Regular font style is found in the Font dialog box.

(d) Strikethrough: (Strikethrough)
• Double-Line Strikethrough also possible through font dialogue box.

(e) Subscript: (Ctrl+=)
example- H₂

(f) Superscript: (Ctrl+Shift++)
example: H²

(g) Grow font: Ctrl+>

(h) Shrink font: Ctrl+<

(i) Change Case (shift+F3)
• Sentence Case - capitalizes the first letter of a sentence.
• lowercase - removes all capitalization.
• UPPERCASE – capitalizes all letters in the selection.
• Capitalize Each Word - the first letter of each word will be uppercase, and the rest lowercase. (often called title case).
• tOGGLE cASE - reverse the case.  Uppercase letters become lowercase, and all lowercase letters are changed to uppercase.

(j) Clear All Formatting:
(Ctrl+Q or Ctrl+Space bar)

(k) Text Highlight
(l) Text Color
(m) Text effect: ex - Outline, Shadow, Reflection, Glow.

• Display the Font dialog box:
Ctrl+D or Ctrl+Shift+F