Selecting fonts in a format area

You can specify how you want text to appear by selecting options in the Font dialog box.

Procedure

  1. To select font properties, do one of the following:
    • select the text to which you want to apply text formatting
    • place your cursor in the paragraph in which you would like to apply formatting
  2. In the Font selection area, you can select the following properties:
    • Font— the font face
    • Size—the size of the font
    • Color—the color of the text
    • Background—the color of the background
    • Style—italic, bold, and underline
    • Effects—strikethrough, superscript, and subscript