Format Brush

Apply text and graphics formatting multiple times in Office    

Have you ever wanted to make several non-sequential words stand out by using a special font in your document? Or have you ever wanted to change certain solid lines to dotted lines in graphics created with the drawing tools? If you've ever wanted to apply the same format to items in different locations in a file, you might not realize how easy it is. Instead of clicking the Format Painter button on theStandard toolbar every time you want to apply the new format, you can take advantage of the button's "sticky" feature.

1. Select the item whose format you would like to copy.
2. To copy the selected format to several items, double-click the Format Painter button. The button stays selected, or "sticky."
3. Select the text or graphic where you want to apply the new format.
4. When you're finished applying the format, click Format Painter again, or press ESC.

Changing Kerning - (The space between each character)

• Select the text whose kerning you want to adjust.
• Display the Font dialog box. (In Word 2007 press Ctrl+D. In earlier versions of Word choose Tools | Font.)
• Make sure the Character Spacing tab is selected. 
• Click  on the Kerning for Fonts checkbox.
• Adjust the character point size to indicate when Word should start adjusting kerning.
• Click on OK.

In most cases, this type of kerning will be acceptable. There may be instances, however, when you want to manually adjust the kerning between two characters. For instance, you might want to create some special effect for the characters. In these cases you can manually adjust kerning by following these steps:

• Select the text whose kerning you want to adjust.
• Display the Font dialog box. (In Word 2007 press Ctrl+D. In earlier versions of Word choose Tools | Font.)
• Display the Character Spacing tab.
• Clear the Kerning for Fonts check box.
• In the Spacing pull-down list, select Expanded or Condensed, depending on whether you want to move the characters further apart or closer together.
• In the By box to the right of the Spacing pull-down list, indicate the amount of space (in points) by which the character spacing should be adjusted.
• Click on OK

Changing Bullet Types:

• Make sure the Home tab of the ribbon is displayed.
• Locate the Bullets tool within the Paragraph group. Click the down-arrow at the right of the Bullets tool. Word displays a palette of options.
• Select a bullet style from those shown in the Bullet Library portion of the palette.
• If you don't like any of the styles shown, click Define New Bullet. Word displays the Define New Bullet dialog box.
• Click the Symbol button. Word displays the Symbol dialog box.
• Select a symbol to use as a bullet from among those shown.
• You can select a different set of symbols by selecting a different typeface in the Font drop-down list.
• When you have selected a symbol, click on OK. Word displays the Define New Bullet dialog box again.
• Click on OK to close the dialog box.

Page Breaks in Word

There may be times when you need to start a new page in an existing Word document. Many people just keep hitting the Enter key until the cursor scrolls down to the new page.  

Word lets you insert a Page Break in a document. This ends the current page but starts a new, consecutive page. You can use either the menu commands or quick keys from the keyboard; each time-saving method is described below.

Here’s How

From the menu

From the Keyboard

Instead of using menu commands, simply press the CTRL and ENTER keys together.