Formatting documents in Word 365 (2024)

IN THIS COURSE

• 1.  Overview: Formatting documents in Word 365 (2024)
  58s
  This video outlines the key concepts covered in the Formatting documents in Word 365 (2024) course, including using text styles and style sets, changing your documents theme, and setting tab stops. FREE ACCESS
• 2.  Using text styles & the Navigation pane in Word 365
  4m 26s
  To better structure your document so that it’s easier to navigate and read, you can apply text styles. With Word's text styles, you can quickly customize the appearance and format of your text. And instead of scrolling through a long document, you can use the Navigation pane to quickly go to a specific heading or subheading. Learn how to apply text styles, as well as browse a document formatted with titles and headings. This video aligns with the MO-110 Microsoft Word Exam objectives: Apply built-in character and paragraph styles. FREE ACCESS
• 3.  Applying style sets in Word 365
  2m 15s
  With Word's style sets, you can change the look and format of your entire document. Word has several built-in style sets that will give your document a consistent look. This video aligns with the MO-110 Microsoft Word Exam objectives: Apply style sets, Apply built-in styles to text, and Clear formatting. FREE ACCESS
• 4.  Creating & modifying text styles in Word 365
  4m 56s
  Text styles allow you to quickly apply a set of formatting options to text in your document. If the built-in text styles don’t have the exact formatting you want, you can easily create your own style or modify an existing one. This video aligns with the MO-111 Microsoft Word Expert Exam objectives: Create styles and Modify styles. FREE ACCESS
• 5.  Creating a style set in Word 365
  2m 46s
  If you’re using several custom text styles in your document, you can save these styles as a style set to easily apply them to another document. See how to create, locate and then apply a custom style set. Also, see how to reset back to the default style set of the document template being used. This video aligns with the MO-111 Microsoft Word Expert Exam objective: Create custom style sets. FREE ACCESS
• 6.  Copying styles from another document in Word 365
  3m 46s
  If you often use the same text and paragraph styles in Word, you may want to re-use those styles in another document. In Word 365, you can easily export custom text styles from one document and import them to another document. This video aligns with the MO-111 Microsoft Word Expert Exam objective: Copy styles to other documents or templates. FREE ACCESS
• 7.  Using the Style Inspector in Word 365
  5m 48s
  In Word 365, you can visualize the formatting and style settings that have been applied to your document's text items. The Style Inspector tool shows you what exact formatting has been applied to text. Using this tool, you can revert the style back to its original format, select all instances of a format, and compare the formatting of two different pieces of text. FREE ACCESS
• 8.  Changing your document's theme in Word 365
  4m 58s
  In Word 365, you can apply a built-in theme to your document to coordinate formatting and change its overall appearance. You can also create your own custom theme by changing the color set, font set, paragraph spacing, or effects. Once you’ve created your custom theme, you can either set it as the default or save it to the Themes gallery. This video aligns with the MO-111 Microsoft Word Expert Exam objectives: Create custom color sets, Create custom font sets, and Create custom themes. FREE ACCESS
• 9.  Modifying your paragraph spacing & indentation in Word 365
  4m 12s
  Word 365 allows you to modify the line and paragraph spacing and indentation. This can help to improve your document's structure and make it easier to read. See how to change the indentation using the Ruler, and how to change the line and paragraph spacing using the Paragraph settings. This video aligns with the MO-110 Microsoft Word Exam objective: Set line and paragraph spacing and indentation. FREE ACCESS
• 10.  Setting tab stops in Word 365
  3m 34s
  Instead of aligning your text to the column, page, or margin, you can use tab stops to adjust the layout of your text items, and even structure them as if in a table. This can help to improve the presentation of your document and ensures your text remains properly aligned. In Word 365, you can use the ruler to manually insert, modify and remove your tab stops. FREE ACCESS
• 11.  Organizing your text into columns in Word 365
  3m 6s
  In Word 365, you can organize your text into columns. This can be particularly useful as it can help improve readability; especially when creating articles or newsletters. You can set the number of columns, modify your column widths, and even adjust the spacing between your columns. Word 365 also allows you to adjust your columns by adding column breaks. This video aligns with the MO-110 Microsoft Word Exam objectives: Format text in multiple columns and Insert page, section, and column breaks. FREE ACCESS