Achievement Record
3.1 (level 2)
Task 2a
Working with text of different styles, sizes and alignments.
Open your last document, Task1.doc from your course disk. Save a copy of the file as Task2.doc. Select all of the text and make it fully justified bold 14 point Arial font text. Print your document in it’s new format.
Task 2b
Experiment with different text styles, fonts sizes etc. Familiarise yourself with changing the look of the whole document, paragraphs, single lines, single words and individual letters.
Print your document in three different formats.
Methodology Task 2:-To select the text you wish to change click before the first letter of the first word and keep your finger on the mouse button. Now drag the cursor to the end of the text you want to pick. Notice how the text changes to white text on a black background. This shows the selected text.
Justification
Look for these icons at the top of your screen. Justification is the term for the alignment of the text on the screen / paper. This can be LEFT JUSTIFIED (first icon) where all of the left hand side forms a straight line, CENTRE JUSTIFIED (second icon) where the text is aligned equally about the centreline of the screen / paper, RIGHT JUSTIFIED (third icon) where all of the right hand side forms a straight line, or FULLY JUSTIFIED (forth icon) where the spaces between the words is adjusted so that both the left and right hand sides of the text forms a straight line.
Bold Italic & Underline
Look for these icons at the top of your screen. These make your text bold, italic or underlined respectively. These can be selected in any combination.
Font and Size
Look for these icons at the top of your screen. The first box contains the name of the text style, the FONT. Click on the arrow at the right of the box to pick a new font name. There are many, some display symbols rather than text. After a while, you will get to know some different font names that you like. Common ones are:-
The number in the right hand box is the FONT SIZE, the higher the number, the bigger the text. Click the box at the right hand side to select a new font size.