Which formatting effects can you apply using the Home tab? Explain a few.

Home tab provides us access to many groups which can be used to apply various formatting effects. Some of the formatting effects are as follows:

1. Formatting Numbers — Numbers in Excel can be presented in different formats. By default, numbers are expressed in General format. The other formats for numbers are number, currency, accounting, date, time, percentage, fraction etc.
2. Change Font — MS Excel offers Font option in the Font group to change the font of text.
3. Change Font Size — MS Excel offers Size option in the Font group to change the font size of text.
4. Font Style — MS Excel offers three font styles — Bold, Italics and Underline to emphasize the text.
5. Cell Alignment — We can change the cell alignment in both ways i.e horizontally as well as vertically from the Alignment group of the Home tab.
6. Text Alignment — It is used to align the text vertically and horizontally. Vertical alignment has the options — top, middle and bottom. Horizontal alignment has the options — left, center and right.