How to italicize text in Microsoft Word?

To italicize text in Microsoft Word, you can follow these steps:

1. Open Microsoft Word and create a new document or open an existing document.
2. Select the text you want to italicize by clicking and dragging your cursor over the desired text.
3. On the Home tab in the Ribbon, locate the Font section.
4. Click on the italic (slanted) formatting button, which is represented by an "I" icon. Alternatively, you can press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + I (Command + I on a Mac) to quickly italicize the selected text.
5. The selected text should now appear in italics.

Note: If you want to remove the italics formatting from any text, you can either select the text and click the italic formatting button again, or press Ctrl + I (Command + I on a Mac) to toggle the italics off.