

From the Ribbon, select the Home command tab Within the Paragraph section, the Shading, and Border options are available.Both borders and shading can be applied to the same paragraph. Use the Home command tab to quickly add borders and shading to paragraphs or on the selected text. This document covers the following options for adding borders and shading to paragraphs.īorders and Shading Options: Ribbon Optionīorders and Shading Options: Dialog Box Option When adding borders and shading, remember that they are both applied to entire paragraphs. If you want more granular line spacing (say 1.63, 1.05 or maybe 12pt or 23pt or anything like that), you can click on the Line Spacing Options item in the Line Spacing Menu.īorders and shading help you to emphasize information and guide a reader’s eye through a document. From this menu, you can select to have your line spacing set to 1, 1.15, 1.5, 2, 2.5 or 3. By default in Word 2007, the line spacing is set to 1.15. Then click on the Line Spacing button, as shown in the image below. On the Home tab of the ribbon, look for the paragraph group. (If the ruler is not visible, click the View Ruler button at the top of the right-hand scroll bar.) To indent just the first line, select the paragraph, and then drag the First Line Indent on the ruler. On the Home tab, Paragraph Group,Ĭlick the Increase Indent button or decrease the indent button to indent a complete paragraph. Home tab, Paragraph group and click one of the alignments.Īlign Right (Ctrl+R): For Right AlignmentĪlign Center (Ctrl+E): For Center AlignmentĪlign justify (Ctrl+J): For Center Alignmentĭo not indent text with the space bar. To change the alignment of text, first, select it, then select the To increase the font sizeĬlick on Home Font Group and Grow Font button This command is used to increase the font size. Click on Home Font Group and shrink button
