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Create, change, and use styles to keep formatting consistent, including font type (serif or sans-serif), size, color, text alignment (left, right, center, justified), text emphasis (bold, underline, italic), spacing before and after paragraphs and lines, and bullet formatting such as shape, alignment, spacing, and indentation. Understand the concept and purpose of a corporate house style.

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Cambridge IGCSE Information and Communication TechnologyStyles

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Create, change, and use styles to keep formatting consistent, including font type (serif or sans-serif), size, color, text alignment (left, right, center, justified), text emphasis (bold, underline, italic), spacing before and after paragraphs and lines, and bullet formatting such as shape, alignment, spacing, and indentation. Understand the concept and purpose of a corporate house style

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  • You need to be able to create, change, and use styles to keep formatting consistent, including font type (serif or sans-serif), size, color, text alignment (left, right, center, justified), text emphasis (bold, underline, italic), spacing before and after paragraphs and lines, and bullet formatting such as shape, alignment, spacing, and indentation. Understand the concept and purpose of a corporate house style.
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Corporate House Style

The company decides to create a corporate house style that includes font type, size, color, text alignment, text emphasis, paragraph spacing, and bullet formatting to be used in all documents.

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    Explain why using a corporate house style is important for the company.

    Aim for approximately 3 distinct marking points.

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