On the Home tab or Layout tab, click the Paragraph dialog box launcher. You can modify the paragraph spacing by manually formatting the paragraph, modifying the style, changing the style set, or changing the paragraph spacing setting for the entire document. Line spacing and paragraph spacing are initially set by the style that is applied to the paragraph. Paragraph indentation markers on the rulerĪ paragraph has two vertical spacing measurements: line spacing (the space between the lines within the paragraph) and paragraph spacing (the space before and after the paragraph). You can modify the effects whether they are applied directly to text or to WordArt objects. These effects can include outlines, fills, shadows, reflections, glow effects, beveled edges, and three-dimensional rotation. In Word 2019, you can apply text effects directly to text, or if you want the flexibility of positioning the text anywhere on the page, you can create WordArt objects that have the same text effects applied. In older versions of Word, you could create specialized WordArt text objects that had set combinations of effects applied to them.

Then click the Format Painter button again, or press the Esc key, to turn off the Format Painter. If you clicked the Format Painter button twice, click or select additional text you want to format.

On the Mini Toolbar or in the Clipboard group on the Home tab, click the Format Painter button once if you want to apply the copied formatting only once, or twice if you want to apply the copied formatting multiple times.Ĭlick or select the text to which you want to apply the copied formatting. Select the text that has the formatting you want to copy. To copy existing formatting to other text Right-click any document text, and then click Font. On the Home tab, in the Font group, click the dialog box launcher. Use the Format Painter to copy all the formatting from one element to another

Styles dialog box launcher