Character Formatting using the Ribbon MS-Word(Microsoft office)

To modify character appearance, you can also use the commands in Ribbon or when you select the text, a mini toolbar appears.

To change the font using Ribbon, do this:

1. Select the text that you want to change the font. Click the down arrow to the right of the font list box figure-1.
   
   
   
   Figure-1 Font drop-down list
   
   
2. The drop-down list shows all the available fonts. Use the scroll arrow on the right of the drop-down list to scroll through the list. When you move the cursor over the font you can see the changes in the appearance of text.
3. To change the size, enter the desired font size in font size list box and press ENTER. Or you can select from the mini toolbar figure-2.
   
   Figure-2 Font size drop-down list on the mini toolbar
   
   
4. To make a character Regular, Bold, Italic click the corresponding button on the mini toolbar in figure-2. These are toggle buttons clicking them once switches on the option and clicking them the second time switches off the option.

Changing the Colours of Text.

When you emphasize text, you change the colour of text. There are two ways to use color.

1. Change the colour of text (Using Font colour)
2. Highlight the text with a different colour (Using Text Highlight colour)

To change the colour of text using Ribbon, do this:

1. Select the text you want to colour.
2. Click the Home tab of Font group.
3. Click the downward-pointing arrow to the right of the Font Color icon.
4. A colour palette appears as shown in (figure-3). When you move the mouse pointer over the Theme Colors, you can see the changes of colour appear in the text.
   
   
   Figure-3 Colouring text in different ways can emphasize parts of your document
   
   
5. Click a desired colour you want. After you choose a colour, that colour appears directly on the Font Colour icon. Now you can select text and click directly on the font color icon.

Highlight Text

Use the highlight tool to mark and find impolor ortant text in your document.

To Highlight Text using Ribbon, do this:

1. Select the text you want to highlight.
2. Click Home tab of Font group.
3. Click the downward-pointing arrow to the right of the Text Highlight Color icon. A Colour palette appears. Click the mouse pointer over the colour, you can see the changes appearing in the selected text. Choose the desired color you want to apply.
4. Press Esc key ( or click the Text Highlight Color icon again ) to turn off the Text Highlight color command.