Using Styles (CIE IGCSE ICT)

Styles

• A style is a collection of formatting attributes, including font face, font size, font colour, text alignment, and more
• Styles ensure consistency in your document's formatting

Create and Modify Styles

• To create a style, you select your desired formatting options and then save them as a new style
• You can modify a style by editing its formatting options and then saving the changes

Apply and Update Styles

• Applying a style is as easy as selecting text and then choosing the desired style
• When you update a style, all the text using that style in your document will reflect the changes

Font Attributes

Font Face

• This is the design of the text; examples include Arial, Times New Roman, and Calibri

Font Type

• Serif fonts have little feet or lines attached to the ends of their letters, while Sans-serif fonts do not

• Serif fonts are generally considered more traditional, and Sans-serif fonts are seen as modern

Serif	Sans-serif
Times New Roman	Arial
Georgia	Helvetica

Font Size and Colour

• Font size is measured in points, with one point being 1/72 of an inch
• Font colour can be any colour available in the software's colour palette

Text Formatting

Text Alignment

• Alignment refers to the positioning of text within a document
• Options include left, right, centre, and fully justified (aligned to both the left and right margins)

Text Enhancement

• You can make your text bold, italic, or underline it to highlight important information

Spacing

• You can adjust paragraph spacing (before and after a paragraph) and line spacing within a paragraph

Bullets

• Bullets are used for listing items - they can either be numbered or not
• You can change bullet shape, alignment, line spacing, and indent