MS Word Lesson SixFormatting Text with Fonts and Effects

Mrs. Brown

Bell Ringer

• What are Fonts?

Answer

• A complete set of characters in a specific design, style, and size

Content Outline

• Change Font, font size, and font color• Apply font styles and Effects• Applying Underlines• Clearing Formatting• Writing a Personal Business Letter

Lets Review: Bus. Ltr. Quiz Tomorrow• Parts of a Business Letter• Return address• Date• Mail service notation• Inside Address• Salutation• Salutation• Subject• Body• Closing• Signature line• Job title Line• Reference Initials• Enclosure• Copy notation

Envelope• Home tab thenMailing• Envelope• Return Address• Inside Address

Vocabulary

• Indents– 4 types

• Set indents– Mini tool bar buttons– Increase and decrease

• Paragraph dialog box

– Change indents setting– Page layout tab– Hanging indent– First line

• Tabs– Use tab selector– Use ruler

• Date and time– Insert Tab– Text group– Date and time button– Click update

automatically to track changes

Application Skills

• You are looking for a summer job in recreation management. In this lesson, you will write personal business letters to Voyager Travel Adventures and Michigan Avenue Athletic Club asking about job opportunities. You will try out different font and text formatting options to see how they affect the document

Vocabulary Words

• Cover letter: A personal business letter that you send with your resume when you apply for a job

• Font: A complete set of characters in a specific design, style, and size

• Font color: the color of characters in a font set• Font effects: Enhancements applied to font

characters• Font size: The height of an uppercase letter in a

font set

Vocabulary

• Font style: the slant and weight of characters in a font set

• Sans serif: A font that has straight edges• Script: a font that looks like handwriting• Serif: A font that has curved or extended

edges• Theme fonts: The default sets applied with a

theme

Content Outline Reminder

• Change Font, font size, and font color• Apply font styles and Effects• Applying Underlines• Clearing Formatting• Writing a Personal Business Letter

Font Review• Serif: curved edges• Sans serif: straight edges• Script: handwriting• Decorative: emblishmentscurlicues, double

lines dress up font• Font Name displays on home tab in font box• Default for Normal Style: Calibri

Lets Explore

• Open any document and observe what the different fonts look like

• All font styles are not appropriate. • They must be easy to read

Font Size

• Measured in points. 72 points per inch• Default for in Normal style is 11

• Click drop down arrow to change• Type name in box• Grow and shrink one point by clicking the grow and

shrink button• Change color using font color arrow or font dialogue

box

Formats• Paragraph Formats:– Control alignment, indention, line spacing,

numbering, look or position of entire paragraph• Character Formats:– Font, font style, size, color, and other formats that

transform the look of characters• Clear formatting button– Removes all formatting and leaves plain text

• Short cut keystrokes– Ctrl B– Ctrl I– Ctrl U

Personal Business letter

• A letter written on behalf of an individual instead of on behalf of another business

• May be written using block, modified block,– Return address– Contact information• Does not usually have a title line unless on letter head

Cover Letter

• Cover letter– Personal business letter you send with a resume

when you apply for a job.• Introduce yourself• Highlight your qualities• Short and to the point• Address it to the person responsible for hiring• If you do not know the person’s name, title, and

address: CALL THE COMPANY AND ASK

Cover Letter

• Always include the following:– The job title fro the position you want– Where you learned about the position– The skills that qualify you for the position– Your contact information

• Thank the reader for his or her time and consideration

• Proofread and correct all mistakes• YOU ONLY GET ONE CHANCE TO MAKE A FIRST

IMPRESSION

Today’s Assignment

• Page 135-138• Project 11• Project 12

Project 11

Project 12