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In Word, you can make paragraphs stand out by placing a border around them. You can use the Borders and Shading dialog box or you can use the Borders gallery. When you click the down-arrow next to the Borders button on the Home tab, Word presents a gallery of border options. To create a border,

In Word, one way to make a paragraph stand out is to place a color background behind it. For this, you can use the Shading button on the Home tab. When you click the Shading button, a color gallery appears. Word has divided the gallery into three sections: Theme Colors, Standard Colors, and More Colors.

If you want to change Word’s tab stops, in the Paragraph dialog box, click the Tabs button to open the Tabs dialog box. You can assign a default or you can set tab stop positions. Assign a Default Tab Stop If you assign a default tab stop, each time you press the Tab key Word

When you click the dialog box launcher in the Paragraph group on the Home tab or the Page Layout tab, the Paragraph dialog box opens. Use the Paragraph dialog box to align paragraphs, indent paragraphs, create hanging indents, create first line indents, and set the space before, after, and within paragraphs. Align Paragraphs Use the

The ruler appears below the Ribbon and along the left side of the window. By default, the ruler marks the size of the page in inches and Word uses an 8.5″ x 11″ page. The darker areas of the ruler mark the margins. The light area marks the text area. To see the ruler, it

If you want to increase or decrease the amount of the paragraph indent from the left margin, use the Increase Indent and the Decrease Indent buttons in the Paragraph group on the Home tab. The Increase Indent button moves the paragraph one tab stop to the right. The Decrease Indent button moves the paragraph one

A hanging indent indents each line except the first line by the amount specified, as shown in the examples. They are most frequently used when creating lists and bibliographies. EXAMPLE 1: Hanging Indent Etheridge, Denise (2010). Excel data analysis: Your visual blueprintTM for creating and analyzing data, charts, and PivotTables. Indianapolis, Indiana: Wiley Publishing, Inc.

You can use the Paragraph dialog box to indent the first line of your paragraphs. In the Special field, you tell Word you want to indent the first line by choosing First Line from the menu options. In the By field, you tell Word the amount you want to indent by. EXAMPLE: First line Indent

Indentation enables you to move your paragraphs away from the left or right margin. In the following example, the second paragraph has a left and a right indent. EXAMPLE: Indentation Video provides a powerful way to help you prove your point. When you click Online Video, you can paste in the embed code for the

Word gives you a choice of several types of alignments. Left-aligned text is flush with the left margin and is the default setting. Right-aligned text is flush with the right margin, centered text is centered between the left and right margins, and justified text is flush with both the left and right margins. EXAMPLE: Left-aligned