Formatting Paragraphs

Character Spacing

the spacing between characters

Kerning

• You can expand or condense to alter the spacing between all selected letters equally

• The removal of space between individual characters in a piece of typeset text to improve its appearance or alter its fit.

How to change the Character Spacing?

Formatting Paragraph

You can format a paragraph in several ways such as:

• Indenting the first line of a paragraph• Setting the amount of space that

separates paragraphs• Aligning a paragraph

1. Paragraph Spacing/Line Spacing

How to change Paragraph Spacing?

2. Paragraph Alignment -Determines the appearance and

orientation of paragraph edges. -It maybe left-aligned, right-aligned,

centered or justified.

Command Description Button Keyboard Shortcut key

Align Left

It is the default alignment when Word opens.

Ctrl + L

Center Centers the text between the margins or the column boundaries. Usually used for titles and headings.

Ctrl + C

Align Right

The text begins on the right edge as one types and each new letter pushes the other letters to the left so everything lines up perfectly on the right edge.

Ctrl + R

Justify Word adds a little extra space between the words in each line so that every line of the text begins and ends on the same place on the right and left.

Ctrl + J

3. Indentation

How to Indent paragraph?