Dear dogsbollixxx-ga,
If you don't mind I'll start at the beginning of creating a document.
Excuse me if you know some of this already. As you know Word has many
sophisticated functions and I'm going to show you a very basic way of
solving your problem.
When you create a new document it has default properties i.e. type of
font, size of font etc. Think about what format you would use most
when opening up a new Word document. This will be your default style.
You create the default style by going to the top row of the toolbar,
FORMAT> FONT> There you can select type of font, font style, size,
colour and other effects. There is a preview box to assess if that is
what you require.
For this exercise select ' ARIAL ' from the drop down box; size 12;
regular; colour: auto. Once you are happy with the font, press>
DEFAULT. It will ask you if you wish to set this font as default.
Click> YES. This has now set as the properties for every new document
you open.
To test this go to FILE> NEW> (If you have a tab titled 'General'
select that) Select> BLANK DOCUMENT. This will open a new blank
document with the font, font style etc., you have selected. Everything
you type now will now be in that style and size.
Type in a few words. To alter the font of those words, highlight them
and then use the drop down boxes on the toolbar to change the font
style and size, or press> B for bold, or> U for underline. Colour is
also on this bar, on mine it is a large letter 'A' with a small arrow
by it. Click on the arrow and select your colour. Then click somewhere
else on the document to remove the highlight.
Alternatively you can change the font etc. before typing anything.
Place your cursor where you want to start typing then select the font,
style etc. from the toolbar. Then start typing. The text will be in
your selected font.
Now for cutting and pasting text so it retains the style of your
document.
Copy your question on this page. Google uses COURIER NEW, font size
10. Now paste it into your document. If you put your cursor in the
middle of the text you’ll see from the toolbar font drop down box it
has retained that style.
Now put your cursor lower down where you want to paste the question.
On the toolbar EDIT> PASTE SPECIAL > select ‘ UNFORMATTED TEXT ’
press > OK. The text will now be pasted in your document in your
default style. You will notice the line endings may have to altered to
fit properly.
You may find it easier to print these instructions out whilst trying
this out.
This site has a number of useful help pages:
http://www.baycongroup.com/wlesson0.htm
Do not hesitate to ask for clarification of this answer if you have
trouble with these instructions.
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