Key Points

• Quick Styles are a great way to apply combinations of formatting to give your documents a professional look.

• You can format characters with an almost limitless number of combinations of font, size, style, and effect-but for best results, resist the temptation to use more than a handful of combinations.

• You can change the look of paragraphs by varying their indentation, spacing, and alignment and by setting tab stops. Use these formatting options judiciously to create documents with a balanced, uncluttered look.

• Bulleted and numbered lists are a great way to present information in an easy to read, easy to understand format. If the built-in bulleted and numbered list styles don’t provide what you need, you can define your own styles.