Drawing your readers’ attention to different parts of your document is easy in Word because of all the different formatting features that are available. For example, you can underline, bold, or italicize a word to draw attention to it.

What if you want to draw attention to an entire paragraph? One option in Word 2007 is to shade the entire paragraph in a different color, making it stand out from the rest.

To add shading to a paragraph in Word 2007:

1. In the Paragraph group, click the Shading button (the button that looks like a paint can).
2. Click the color you want to use for shading and Word will apply the shading to the paragraph.