💻 TechnologyGrade 3Lesson 2
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Format Text: Bold, Italic, Font Size, Alignment

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Learning Objectives

  • 1Identify common text formatting options in a word processor
  • 2Describe what each formatting action does to text on screen
  • 3Apply bold, italic, font size, and alignment changes to improve a document
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Mini Lesson

When you type in a word processor, you can change how your text looks. This is called formatting. Formatting makes documents easier to read and helps important ideas stand out.

Common Formatting Options

  • Bold — makes text heavier and darker so it stands out.
  • Italic — slants the text to the right, used for titles or emphasis.
  • Underline — adds a line under the text, often for links or headings.
  • Font size — makes text larger or smaller on the page.
  • Font color — changes the color of the letters.
  • Highlight — adds a color background behind the text.
  • Left align — lines text up at the left margin (most common for paragraphs).
  • Center align — centers text in the middle of the page (great for titles).
  • Right align — lines text up at the right margin.

How to Format Text

  1. Select (highlight) the text you want to format.
  2. Click the formatting button in the toolbar (B for Bold, I for Italic, etc.).
  3. The text changes immediately on screen.
  4. To remove formatting, select the text again and click the same button.
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Do not use too many different styles in one document — keep it simple so your writing is easy to read.

Formatting ToolbarA toolbar showing Bold, Italic, Underline, font size, and alignment buttons.Formatting ToolbarBIUA+A-LeftCntrRightBold TitleNormal paragraph text here.This is italic text.Larger font = bigger on screen.Bigger font!
Before and After FormattingTwo document panels showing unformatted text on the left and formatted text on the right.Before vs AfterBEFOREMy AnimalThe dog is fast.It is friendly.No formatting.AFTERMy AnimalThe dog is fast.It is friendly.Formatted!Formatting makes your work easier to read.
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Exercises

Tap a formatting action on the left, then tap its matching effect on the right.

Pick the best answer.

What does the Bold formatting option do?

What does Italic formatting do to text?

Which formatting option would you use to center a document title?

What does Underline formatting add to text?

To format text, what must you do first?

What does increasing the font size do?

Which formatting adds a color background behind the letters?

Font color formatting changes which part of the text?

Where is the formatting toolbar usually found in a word processor?

Which alignment lines text up at the left edge of the page?

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Assessment

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