Formatting typing
Formatting Typing Test and Formatting Practice
Some stenographer and court typing exams test more than speed — they ask you to reproduce a document with the correct layout. StenoPro's formatting typing practice trains exactly that.
You type a passage and match its formatting, then compare your result with the original.
Formatting skills you practise
- Paragraph alignment: left, centre, right and justified
- Line spacing, indentation and margins
- Headings, bold, italics and underlining
- Tables with rows and columns
- Official letters, notices and court-style documents
Why formatting needs separate practice
Fast typists often lose marks on layout because they never practised it under time pressure. Formatting has its own habits — keyboard shortcuts, consistent spacing, checking alignment — and they only become automatic through repetition.
Practise formatting after your normal typing work, a few documents a day, and review every difference from the original.
Start practising in StenoPro
Open the dictation library, set your speed and check your transcript in the same session.
Open StenoProFrequently asked questions
- Which exams include a formatting test?
- Requirements differ by recruiting body. Some High Court and court stenographer recruitments include a formatting or computer skill component — always check the official notification for your exam.
- Does StenoPro check formatting automatically?
- StenoPro lets you practise formatting tasks and compare your output with the original document.