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.txt is a text file which can store unformatted text and can be
opened in any word processor. It is a generic file format.
.rtf is a rich text format file and it can save some of the formatting
within the text. It is a generic file format.
.docx is a package specific format and it can save all the formatting
features of a word processor software.
Select layout tab from main window.
Select size command from page setup section.
Set the paper size from A4 to A5.
Margins
Paper
Layout
Gutter is used when a document needs to bind as a book.
This is an area outside the margins that is used to bind the
book together.
Widows and orphans both are single lines of text from a paragraph
that hang at the beginning or end of a block of text.
A widow is the last line of a paragraph that appears as the first
line of text on a new page or column.
An orphan is the first line of a paragraph that
appears as the last line of text at the bottom of a page or column.
Orphan Widow
A page break forces the text onto the start of a new
page, leaving blank space at the end of the previous page.
A section break is used to split areas of a document
with different layouts.
A column break is used to force the text into the
top of the next available column, which may be on the same
page or may be on the next page.
Text will be aligned to the left margin with an uneven right margin
Text will be aligned to the centre with an uneven left and right margin
Text will be aligned to the right margin with an uneven left margin
Text will be aligned straight on both left and right margins and no
uneven margins
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ruler
First line indent: The top pentagon adjusts the first line of the paragraph
Left indent: The bottom pentagon aligns the paragraph apart from the
first line and the bottom rectangle moves the whole paragraph
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Left tab: It allows us to align text to the tab stop position using left
alignment.
Decimal tab: It allows us to align decimal numbers on the decimal
point
Right tab: It allows us to align text to the tab stop position using
right alignment
Hanging paragraph by 2.5 inches
First line of a paragraph indented by 2.5 inches
Normal paragraph with no indents and no hanging first line