Make text bold and bigger in Word
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Select the text
Click at the start, hold, and drag to the end. The text turns blue.
The simulation shows Windows in English, like most laptops.
Select the text
Click at the start, hold, and drag to the end. The text turns blue.
Click B or press Ctrl + B to make it bold
I is italic, U is underline.
CtrlBChange the number in the font size box
For example from 11 to 16 for a title.
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Quick selecting
Double-click = one word. Triple-click = one paragraph. Ctrl + A = all the text.
Styles for titles
Use Heading 1 on the Home tab for titles. Word can build a table of contents from them automatically.
Format Painter
The brush on the Home tab copies formatting (bold, size, colour) from one piece of text to another.
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