| A | B |
| Subscript | To make text appear in a smaller font size below the middle point of the line. |
| Superscript | Types very small letters just above the line of text |
| Text Effects | Adds flair to your text by adding effects such as glow or shadow |
| WordArt | Adds artistic and decorative flair to the text in your document |
| Quick Styles | Predefined font, formatting, size, etc. for |
| Character Formatting | The process of changing the way characters appear, both on screen and in print to improve document readability |
| Style | The name of the group formatting characteristics |
| Change Case | Command on the home ribbon, that allows users to change the case of selected text to all uppercase, lowercase, sentence case, toggle case, or capitalize each word |
| Font | Appearance and shape of the letters, numbers and special characters in a document |
| Modify | Option on the Apply Styles dialog box that changes settings for a selected style |
| Clear Formatting | Removes all formatting from the selected text |
| Strikethrough | Cross something out by drawing a line through it |
| Text Highlight Color | Makes text stand by highlighting it a bright color |
| Format Painter | Copies the look of selected text and "paints" it on the next text you select |
| Keep Source Formatting | A Paste option that keeps the formatting of the document you copied from |
| Merge Formatting | A Paste option that changes the formatting to that of the text in the document you are pasting to |
| Text Only | A paste option that excludes pictures, tables, etc and paste only text |