types of text formats
Formatting different types of text. It is helpful to think of an essay as containing different kinds of text: headings, ordinary paragraphs, quotations, bibliographic references and footnotes. Each kind of text is formatted in its own way so that readers can easily see which kind of text they are looking at. The basic tool for formatting different kinds of text in Microsoft Word is the Paragraph command on the Format menu. To Microsoft Word, a paragraph means everything you type after you have pressed the Enter (return) key and before your press the Enter key again.