DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

ANDHRA PRADESH
Name : Dr. T Narayana
Designation : HCCP
Branch : DCCP
Institute : Govt. Polytechnic, NELLORE
Year/Semester : I Year
Subject : Computer Fundamentals
Sub. Code : CCP-105
Topic : formatting
Duration : 100 Mts.
Sub Topic : Character formatting
Teaching Aids : Screens & Pictures
OBJECTIVE:

On completion of this period , student would be able

understand:

• Character formatting
RECAP
• Selection of text

• Moving the text

• Copying the text

• Cutting the text

• Delete the text

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Formatting of text

• Text consists of characters.

• Characters can be made to appear in
different ways called format .
• Format of text includes its font, size, style
like bold, italics etc ..
• Format also includes case of the alphabet.
• Format of characters can be changed with
menu items in ‘Format’ Menu or Key board
 Bold facing text:

• Bold face text is commonly used for headers or

headlines or to bring out an important word or phrase
in a paragraph.

• To format text in bold face using the formatting tool,

the following procedure is adopted.
• Select the text you want to bold face.
• Click the bold button on the formatting tool bar or
Press Ctrl +B

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 Italicizing text:

• An italic format is a script version of a font style that

slants the character.

To convert the character into italic the procedure is:

• Select the text that you want to italicize.

• Click the italic button on the formatting tool bar or
press Ctrl + i.
Example :-
This text is in italics (italics)

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 Underlining text :

(a) Select the text you want to underline.

(b) Click the underline button on the formatting tool bar

or
press Ctrl + U.
Example:-
This text is underlined

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1. All caps and small caps:

• All caps format changes selected lower case

characters to upper case characters. The small caps
format changes upper case characters to lower case
characters and reduce their size. To format text as
small caps or All caps:
• select the text that you want to format
• Press Ctrl + Shift + K for small caps or ctrl + shift + A
for All caps.

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If we want to convert the selected text to upper case the
following procedure should be followed
1.Click on ‘format’ menu
2.Click on “Change case”, it will display the following
window
3.Select the “upper case” to convert the text into capitals

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The output is as follows

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 2.Expanding and condensing character
spacing:

• Character spacing means how much space appears

between characters. This control changes the spacing
between characters. Choosing the spacing between
characters of the selected text.

• The get character spacing choose the “BY” Text Box and
clicking the up or down arrow buttons. Spacing range
should be in between 0.25 A 14.

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To change
the line
space
select the
additional
buttons

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3. Changing the case of characters:

The “change case” command automatically changes

selected characters from upper case to lower case or
vice versa. To change the case of characters:

• Select the text that you want to change.

• Press shift + F3 each time to get the following options.

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Example for title case:

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This shows the output after using the title case

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SUMMARY

At the end of the session, you have learnt

• Character formatting

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QUIZ
1. Double underline can be done by using

c) Ctrl + U

e) Ctrl + shift + D

g) Ctrl + shift + A

i) None of these

Answer :
b
Frequently Asked Questions

(1) Explain character formatting features?

Assignment

1) Create a document with 10 lines of text

and apply a different format to each line.