Format
Paragraph
Indents and Spacing
Change Line Spacing to Double
Click OK.

To center a title on your page, use the alignment buttons in the toolbar.

Align Left starts each line of text at the left margin, just like when you write with a pencil or pen. The right
edge of each line is uneven, or ragged. Your reports are almost always left-aligned, unless your teacher tells
you something else.

Alight Right starts each line of text at the right margin. The left edge of each line is uneven, or ragged. Right-
aligned text is often used for page numbering, or to add your name, class, and date to the top of the page.

Center aligns each line of text in the center of the page, between the left and right margins. Headings and
titles in a document often have center alignment.

Justify adds space between characters so that every line of text touches both the left and right margin. The
text is not uneven or ragged at either margin. Justify is mostly used in professional publications, such as
newspapers and magazines, because it has a very neat look.

YOUR REPORTS AND

ESSAYS SHOULD BE:

Each paragraph should be indented using the TAB key. • Typed in Times New
This key indents a line by ½ inch. Only press TAB ONCE
at the beginning of each paragraph.
Roman or Arial font

• Size 12 font

Times New Roman and Arial are the two fonts that most
• Left aligned.
teachers require students to use. Most reports should be
typed in size 12, unless your teacher tells you otherwise. • Double spaced!
 KEY FUNCTION PICTURE

Enter Move down or skip a line

Tab Indent

Backspace Erase text behind (to the left of)

the cursor

Delete Erase text in front of (to the

right of) the cursor

Space Bar Make a space between words,

or 2 spaces between
sentences.
CAPS Type in all capital letters
Lock

Shift Hold down to type one capital

letter at a time, or choose the
top option on keys that have
more than one character