Format tab on the ribbon toolbar
This reference topic lists the controls found on the Format tab of the ribbon toolbar.
| Tab area | Control | Description |
|---|---|---|
| General | Undo | Undoes your last edit. |
| General | Redo | Redoes your last undo. |
| Font | Font face dropdown | Opens to show the available fonts. Select a font face to apply it. |
| Font | Font size dropdown | Opens to show a number of font sizes, in points. Select a font size to apply it. |
| Font | Bold | Makes text bold. |
| Font | Italic | Makes text italic. |
| Font | Underline | Underlines text. |
| Font | Strikethrough | Runs a horizontal line through text. |
| Font | Subscript | Places text below the baseline of surrounding text. |
| Font | Superscript | Places text above the top of surrounding text. |
| Font | Text color | Opens a color picker to select the font color of text. |
| Font | Background color | Opens a color picker to select the background color of text. |
| Paragraph | Bullets | Creates a list of bullet items (non-numbered). |
| Paragraph | Numbering | Creates a list of numbered items. |
| Paragraph | Decrease Indent | Unindents text. |
| Paragraph | Increase Indent | Indents text. |
| Paragraph | Show/hide Formatting | Shows borders around paragraphs and other HTML elements. |
| Paragraph | Left-align | Left-aligns text. |
| Paragraph | Center | Centers text. |
| Paragraph | Right-align | Right-aligns text. |
| Style | Current elements | A dropdown that shows an indented list of all the HTML tags surrounding the current cursor position. For example, if your cursor is inside a bold piece of text which itself is part of a paragraph, the bottom two elements in the dropdown are Paragraph <p> and Bold <b>. |
| Style | Section Type | Applies an HTML paragraph-type to text. Possible values are:
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| Style | Style | Applies a CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) style to text. The contents of this dropdown are determined by the implementation. |
| Manage | Set Language | Applies a language to text, specifying that the text is in that language. |