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  1. Navigate to the Home menu...
    Home menu selected in Word, Dark Mode.
  2. ...to find the Styles Gallery.
    Navigated over to the right on the Home menu to the Styles Gallery, here with the Normal style selected.

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    titleSelecting and formatting text in the body of the document

    There are a few ways to proceed from here. Selecting and formatting the text in the body of the document is demonstrated below. To request or suggest other demos, please contact accessibility@swarthmore.edu.


  3. Select the text to format.
     
    Multiexcerpt include macro
    macro_uuid2787c26b-2968-43fd-912d-948656c4efae
    nameTitle or subtitle
    templateDataeJyLjgUAARUAuQ==
    page"Fast Five" Essentials to Preparing Materials
    addpanelfalse
  4. Because this is the "Title," select Heading 1.
    Heading 1 selected in the Styles Gallery of the Home menu.

    Multiexcerpt include macro
    macro_uuid256b1d93-a46f-40a3-8b06-3a08b8f6b1d6
    nameTitle or subtitleHeading 1
    templateDataeJyLjgUAARUAuQ==
    page"Fast Five" Essentials to Preparing Materials
    addpanelfalse
  5. Continue through the document using subsequent headings in order, i.e. Heading 2, Heading 3, Heading 4.

    Heading 2 selected in the Styles Gallery of the Home menu.

    Heading 3 selected in the Styles Gallery of the Home menu.


  6. Utilize any of the familiar formatting options, such as the Font menu and the Paragraph menu, to build the desired formatting into these headings, including line and paragraph spacing or first-line indents. Only select one version of each heading to format it; that is, don't bother formatting multiple places in the document to the desired look for Heading 2 or Heading 3. 

    Note
    titleUnderlines are for links

    Remember, only use underlines for hyperlinks. When people encounter underlines in nearly any electronic format, they are expecting to encounter a hyperlink or link. The only exceptions are where required by academic citations such as APA, Chicago, MLA, etc, though these are becoming rarer.


  7. Select the Heading 2 text that has been formatted in step 6.
  8. Click on Home and navigate to the Styles Gallery. Right-click or control-click on Heading 2.

  9. Select Update Heading 2 to Match Selection and be amazed.
  10. Do this for all subsequent headings.
    Here's a snapshot of the document, with indicators for each section and subsection.
    Over of the document  with headings and normal text indicated

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