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Format tab on the ribbon toolbar

This reference topic lists the controls found on the Format tab of the ribbon toolbar.

Tab areaControlDescription
GeneralUndoUndoes your last edit.
GeneralRedoRedoes your last undo.
FontFont face dropdownOpens to show the available fonts. Select a font face to apply it.
FontFont size dropdownOpens to show a number of font sizes, in points. Select a font size to apply it.
FontBoldMakes text bold.
FontItalicMakes text italic.
FontUnderlineUnderlines text.
FontStrikethroughRuns a horizontal line through text.
FontSubscriptPlaces text below the baseline of surrounding text.
FontSuperscriptPlaces text above the top of surrounding text.
FontText colorOpens a color picker to select the font color of text.
FontBackground colorOpens a color picker to select the background color of text.
ParagraphBulletsCreates a list of bullet items (non-numbered).
ParagraphNumberingCreates a list of numbered items.
ParagraphDecrease IndentUnindents text.
ParagraphIncrease IndentIndents text.
ParagraphShow/hide FormattingShows borders around paragraphs and other HTML elements.
ParagraphLeft-alignLeft-aligns text.
ParagraphCenterCenters text.
ParagraphRight-alignRight-aligns text.
StyleCurrent elementsA 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>.
StyleSection Type

Applies an HTML paragraph-type to text. Possible values are:

Body Text
No formatting is applied.
Paragraph
Places the text in an HTML paragraph (<p> element).
Generic container (div)
Places the text in a generic HTML paragraph-type container (<div> element).
Heading 1, Heading 2,... Heading 6
Places the text in an HTML heading container (<h1>, <h2>, ... <h6> element).
StyleStyleApplies a CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) style to text. The contents of this dropdown are determined by the implementation.
ManageSet LanguageApplies a language to text, specifying that the text is in that language.