Make your meaning more visual by 
formatting text 
 
To format text, select it, and then select a button in the Font or Paragraph area on the Home 
tab. 
Try it: Select text in the lines below and choose formatting options so that the text is an 
example of the formatting it’s describing: 
 
Bold (keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+B) 
 
Italic (keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+I) 
 Highlight 
 Font color 
 Bullets 
 Numbering 
Pro tip: If you selected whole words for this exercise, did you notice that Word popped up a 
little toolbar, with the font formatting options? 
 
Between that and keyboard shortcuts like Ctrl+B 
and Ctrl+I, you save time by not having to go up to 
the Home tab all the time.