To Change the Font, Select the font you wish to change by highlighting it. Then from the Home tab, click the large drop-down menu and scroll until you find your desired font, then click to select. Alternatively, you can begin typing the desired font name in the block at the top of the drop-down menu and either hitting [Enter] or clicking with your mouse to select. 


To Change the Font Size, Select the font you wish to change by highlighting it. Then from the Home tab, click the small drop-down menu and scroll until you find your desired size, then click to select. Alternatively, you can begin typing the desired size in the block at the top of the drop-down menu and either hitting [Enter] or clicking with your mouse to select. 


To Change the Font Color, Select the font you wish to change by highlighting it. Then from the Home tab, click the small arrow next to the capital A button with a colored line below it. (The color defaults to red, however, it may be different if you had recently changed the color of a font.) From the drop-down menu, choose a color you wish to change your font to. If the color you wish to select does not appear, click “more” and a window will open to pick from a larger pallet of colors. 


To Apply Bold, Italics or Underline, highlight the text you wish to apply these features to. Then, click the [B][I][U] buttons along the top in the Home tab to apply. The [B] will bold, the [I] will italicize and the [U] will underline. 


To Create a Bulleted List, select the text you want to make a list, then click the  button in the Home Tab. Alternatively, hit [enter] to create a new paragraph -or- line in your list, and begin each line with a dash and a space; “- “ This will automatically create a bulleted list for you as you work. 


To Create a Numbered List, Select the text you wish to make a list, then click the  button in the Home Tab. 


To Change the Style of a Numbered List, Click the small arrow beside the  button in the Home tab and select your favored numbering style. 


 

To Align a Paragraph, click anywhere in the paragraph you wish to align and choose an alignment option from the Home tab.  Or use the keyboard shortcuts, [ctrl]-[L] for left, [ctrl]-[E] for center, or [ctrl]-[R] for right. 

Left aligned 

Center aligned 

Right aligned 

 

To Add a Border, (Desktop version) highlight the text you wish to create the border around, then click the drop-down menu from the  button in the Home tab. Choose your desired border from the selection in the menu and click to apply the changes. 

To Change the Spacing between Lines, highlight the paragraph you wish to adjust, then click the tiny arrow next to the  button in the Home tab and select from the drop-down menu your desired spacing.  

To Change the Paragraph Spacing, (Desktop version) click the tiny arrow next to the  button in the Home Tab and select Line Spacing options. Alternatively, click the arrow to the right of Paragraph  to open the same window. Change the values in the Before and/or After spacing fields and once you are satisfied with your selection, click OK. 

To Indent a Paragraph, click anywhere you wish to indent and from the Home tab, click the  buttons to either increase or decrease the indent in the paragraph. Alternatively, hit the [tab] key on your keyboard at the beginning of a line, and [backspace] to undo. 

To Set Custom Indents, (Desktop version) click the tiny arrow next to the  button in the Home tab and select Line Spacing options, or click the arrow to the right of Paragraph  to open the same window. Adjust and set the values in the Left and Right fields and when you are satisfied with your selection, click OK.