Microsoft Word User's Manual/Course 1/Part 2
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[edit] Spacing
MS-Word has many options for formatting spacing, the most commonly used are for selecting spacing between lines, and the spacing between paragraphs. These options are both on the 'Format → Paragraph' dialog. As you might expect, the 'Line spacing' option sets that spacing between adjacent lines, while the 'Before / After' Spacing sets the space between different paragraphs.
If you have text that belongs on a new line, but is still part of the same paragraph, then you can use 'SHIFT-ENTER' to insert a newline while remaining in the same paragraph.
[edit] Special Symbols
Special symbols (Greek letters, typographic marks, small icons or pictures), can be inserted by using the Menus 'Insert → Symbol...'. Most commonly used symbols are included in the main fonts, while commonly used icons are in the specialised 'Windings' or 'Webdings' fonts.
Locate the symbol you wish to insert and click 'Insert' to place it into your document at the current cursor position (also known as the 'insertion point').
[edit] Subscript/Superscript
There symbols for many of the frequently used mathematical symbols and some simple fractions, but for other you will need to use Superscript and subscript formatting.
Like all formatting, selecting superscript or subscript will affect any text that is currently selected, or if no text is selected, any text typed after the formatting change is made.
- Menu; 'Format → Font' and check the box for Superscript or Subscript in the Effects part of the page.
- Keyboard shortcuts;
- Superscript 'CTRL + SHIFT + ='
- Subscript 'CTRL' + ='
