Lesson 19ª

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

PARAGRAPH FORMAT

 

To apply or change the format of a paragraph in Word, we must locate the paragraph section in the toolbar; it is located in the Home tab and it has the following appearance:

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Steps to change text alignment:

1. Highlight the paragraph we wish to apply format to:

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Let's see our toolbar. As you can see, it is set to be aligned to the left.

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2. If we want to, we can change the alignment of the paragraph. We can click on the centre text icon.

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As you can see, our text has been centred horizontally in our worksheet.

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3. If we want to align our text to the right, click on the Align Text Right icon.

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Now, the paragraph will be aligned to the right. Notice how the phrases begin from right to left.

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4. Generally, we use the Justify function to present text. This aligns our written text between our left and right margins adding any necessary spaces. This option presents a more homogeneous text which is better distributed between both margins.

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This is the example of how it would look like (I have altered the original text to show the result):

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