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Google Docs Fundamentals Start At The Beginning To the right of the link and comment tool are buttons to align text. Text is automatically left-aligned. The other options include center, right and full or justified. Justified text gives even text on the left and right side. Normally, when we left-align text, it is straight on the left and leaves ragged or un-even edges on the right. When the menu is collapsed a search box is available on the left. This search box is there to help access menu options that are hidden when the menu is collapsed. For example, if we want to align text, type align in the search box. A list of text align options will appear. Use the mouse to select a text align option. To the right of the text align buttons we have the line spacing button, the numbered list button, the unordered list button, and the indent buttons. To the right of the indent buttons is the clear formatting button. This button is useful when you want to return your text to regular text without any formatting. Above the toolbar we have several menu options. All the toolbar options are available in the menu options. Most of the time we can do most formatting with the toolbar. If you find yourself using the toolbar more than the menu, you can click on the hide menu button. This comes in handy if you have a computer with a small screen and need more space for text. The same button can be used to show the menu again. The mouse isn’t the only way to select items. When a list of options is displayed in the menu, you can use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the option and press the enter key to run the selection. Shortcut keys are another way to avoid using the mouse. In this example we see a list of shortcut keys that can be used to execute the option. The ‘command’ plus ‘shift’ plus ‘E’ keys can be used to center-align text. On Windows computers this would be ‘Control’ plus ‘Shift’ plus ‘E’. You would press all these keys at the same time. Some people like shortcut keys while others don’t care for them. I personally like them because they are a time saver. People that don’t like them usually don’t like them because they can’t remember the keys and because it requires some finger acrobatics. 5 Digital Maestro
Google Docs Fundamentals Web Fonts Google provides eight basic fonts. These include Arial, Comic Sans MS, Courier New, and Georgia. These fonts are a mix of sans serif fonts like Arial and Verdana. There are also serif fonts like Georgia and Times New Roman. Comic Sans MS and Impact are considered decorative fonts. The default Arial font is good for most purposes. What’s the difference between fonts? Serif fonts have little tails at the ends of each letter. These tails make it easy to read letters and words in physical print. Sans Serif fonts don’t have those tails. These fonts are commonly used for small blocks of text like titles and headings. They are more commonly used today on digital documents, which don’t have as high a resolution, although this is changing. Sans Serif fonts are easier to read on digital devices like computer screens and book readers. Screens and devices are available with greater resolutions now and it’s just as easy to read digital documents in either serif or sans serif fonts. Sans serif fonts are still used for titles and short blocks of text. Serif fonts tend to be used for longer text. Decorative fonts like Comic Sans MS or Trebuchet MS are meant for small bits of text. This would be text in flyers, invitations or signs. This font is difficult to read for long blocks of text. More Web Fonts At the bottom of the font menu list is a more fonts option. Clicking on this option will open a module with a list of fonts. These are additional fonts we can use in documents. They are referred to as web fonts. Web fonts are not installed on your computer but are available to use through the Internet. There are hundreds of fonts available. Scroll down the list to see many more. At the top of the module is a search box to search for fonts. Digital Maestro 6
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