What is meant by Formatting?

"Formatting" refers to the design and structuring of texts, documents, or other content to make them more appealing and organized. This includes various aspects such as fonts, font sizes, paragraph spacing, text alignment, colors, and styles. Formatting enhances the visual appearance of a document and improves readability and understanding.

Typical features of software in the "Formatting" area may include:

Text formatting: Ability to customize fonts, font sizes, font styles (bold, italic, underline), text colors, and highlights to visually style the text.
Paragraph formatting: Settings for paragraph spacing, indents, line spacing, and alignment to enhance the structure of text paragraphs.
Page layout: Features to adjust page margins, page sizes, headers, and footers to control the appearance and structure of a document.
Table formatting: Tools to design tables by adjusting cell formats, row heights, column widths, and other table properties.
Graphic formatting: Ability to embed or link graphics and adjust graphic properties such as size, position, alignment, and text wrapping.
Templates and styles: Use of predefined templates or styles to ensure consistent formatting within a document or project.
Automatic formatting: Automatic application of formatting through formatting templates or style presets to reduce formatting effort and ensure consistency.
Proofing tools: Tools for checking formatting, spelling, and grammar to detect and correct errors.