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What are we going to learn in this section?
The section will cover the following:

1. Formatting using font attributes.
2. Changing the text alignment options.
3. Applying a drop cap.
4. Inserting special characters and symbols.
5. Indenting paragraphs.


FORMATTING USING FONT ATTRIBUTES.
Some character formats are not available through the toolbar icons. You will have to use the Font dialog box to access them:
1. Select the text you want to format.
2. Go to Home | Font, then click on the attributes below the Effects heading that you would like to add to the selected text:
Once you have altered the options in this dialog box, you will be able to preview the changes at the bottom of the dialog box. Be sure to go to the underlined options to see what options are available to enhance your document.Ʃ

Changing the text alignment options.
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There are different types of alignment options in Word 2019. You will find each type located under the Home tab:
he alignment options are located under the Paragraph group, as shown. After applying each of the alignment types, you will see the following result:
The justify option is very useful when you want to create professional documents to meet any legal formatting requirements.

Applying a drop cap.
A drop cap is the inclusion of a large capital letter at the start of a paragraph. Dropped caps are usually found in children's storybooks:
1. Select the first letter of a word at the start of a paragraph.
2. Click to select the Insert tab, locate the Text group at the end of the ribbon, then click on the drop cap icon.
3. Choose a drop cap style to apply to the selected letter:
4. The drop cap is inserted into the document:
5. From the Drop Cap Options… option, you can edit the font face, line, or distance attributes.

Inserting special characters and symbols.
1. Click at the end of a word or anywhere in a document where you need to place a symbol.
2. Click on the Insert tab, locate the Symbol group at the end of the Insert ribbon, then click on the drop-down arrow next to Symbol:

3. Your recently used symbols are listed in this list. To access more symbols, click on More Symbols… to populate the dialog box with a range of symbols:

4. Click on a symbol that you wish to insert to the document. You can apply formatting options to symbols just as you would any other text.
5. Special characters allow you to insert different dash types, as well as commonly used characters such as the copyright, registered trademark, and trademark symbols:
You can also use your keyboard to insert symbols to a Word document:
• To insert the copyright symbol, type (c) and you will get the c symbol.
• To insert the trademark symbol, type (tm) and you will get the ™ symbol.
• To insert the registered trademark, type (r) and you will get the R symbol.

Indenting paragraphs.
Indents are applied using various methods. The simplest method is to use the increase or decrease indent icon, which we highlighted earlier.
Alternatively, you can use the ruler bar to manipulate indent icons along the ruler or go to the Paragraph dialog box to set indents.
On your ruler bar, you will find the indent button—it looks like an egg timer. We will use this indent button to create various types of indents in our document.
Select a paragraph to indent, then click on the increase indent button in the Paragraph group:

First-line indent: Select a paragraph to apply an indent to and drag the top slider of the egg timer to the position you want on the ruler bar:

Hanging indent: Select a paragraph to apply an indent to and drag the hanging indent slider (the middle slider of the egg timer) to the position you want on the ruler bar:
Left indent: Select a paragraph to apply an indent to and drag the left indent marker (the entire egg timer) to the desired position on the ruler:

Right indent: Select a paragraph to apply an indent to and drag the right indent marker to the desired position on the ruler:
Although it is not that important to check whether the indents are positioned at the correct position on the ruler, we need it to be accurate in the certification exam.
Therefore, it is imperative that you go to the Paragraph dialog box and set indents with accurate measurements: