MS Office Formatting in Action

You are writing a research paper. To make your chapter titles stand out, what should you do?

• I will make the text bold so it looks darker and thicker.

• I will make the text italic so it slants to the right.

• I will underline the text so a line appears below it.

• I will justify the text so it is evenly aligned on both sides.

Maria wants the word vital in her essay to appear slanted for emphasis. What should she do?

• I will apply bold formatting so the word looks darker.

• I will apply italic formatting so the word slants to the right.

• I will apply underline formatting so the word has a line beneath it.

• I will change the font size so the word appears larger.

John is preparing a poster and wants the word Warning! to appear in red. What should he do?

• I will change the font color of the text to red.

• I will insert a page break after the word.

• I will check the spelling of the word in the Review tab.

• I will insert a picture beside the word.

While typing, you want Chapter 2 to begin on a new page. What will you insert?

• I will insert a line break so the text moves to the next line.

• I will insert a column break so the text flows into the next column.

• I will insert a page break so the chapter starts on the next page.

• I will press the tab key to push the text to the next page.

Your teacher requires each chapter of your report to have a different header. What should you do?

• I will insert a simple page break to move to the next page.

• I will insert a line break to separate the chapters.

• I will insert a next page section break so I can apply a new header.

• I will insert a column break so the text appears in two parts.

Anna notices that the right side of her essay looks uneven. She wants the text edges to be straight on both sides. What alignment should she use?

• I will align the text to the left only.

• I will align the text to the center of the page.

• I will align the text to the right only.

• I will justify the text so it aligns evenly on both sides.

Paolo is editing his report. He wants to use a shortcut to make the word Conclusion bold. What should he press?

• I will press Ctrl + B to apply bold formatting.

• I will press Ctrl + I to apply italic formatting.

• I will press Ctrl + U to apply underline formatting.

• I will press Ctrl + J to justify the text.

You want the phrase Final Answer to appear in a different color. What should you do?

• I will use the highlight tool to make the background colorful.

• I will use the font color option to change the text color.

• I will change the font style to Times New Roman.

• I will underline the phrase so it stands out.

Karen accidentally pressed Ctrl + J while typing her essay. What will happen to the text?

• The text will be centered in the middle of the page.

• The text will be aligned evenly on both left and right margins.

• The text will become italicized.

• The text will have an underline.

A student wants to start Chapter 2 on a new page and also give it a different header. What should he insert?

• I will insert a page break so the chapter begins on the next page only.

• I will insert a column break to divide the page into sections.

• I will insert a line break to move the text down.

• I will insert a next page section break to create a new page with different formatting.