Word 2007 enable the under mentioned character formatting options:
- Font, font style and font size changes
- Underline options, and colour application
- Applying font effects namely italics,bold, etc.
- Changing inter-character spacing
Character formatting using the font Command
Word 2007 can use any fonts installed in a PC (personal computer) system. Theoretically, you can print any font in any size from 1 point to 1637 points. This corresponds to character heights ranging from approximately 1/72 of an inch to about 22 inches. In actual work you will probably work with type sizes ranging from about 7 to 72 points most of the time. Some of the character formatting options discussed later in the section vary depending on the type of font you select.
To change the Font of an existing text, do this :
- Select the text you want to format.
- Click the Home tab of Font group. Click Font launcher dialog box. The Font dialog box as appears.
- Click on the Font tab of the Font dialog box.
- The Font tab property sheet appears as shown in figure 1. It offers the options for changing the font style and size.
- To change the Font, enter the name of the font in the Font: text box.Alternatively, use the scroll box on the right of the Font list to see all the fonts available.
- To change the Font style options, type the desired option in the Font style: option box. Alternatively, select from the list box below the Font style: box.
- The size: text box displays the current font size. To change the size enter the new size in the Size: text box. Alternatively, select the font size from the list box just bellow the Size: text box.
- Underline style: drop-down list offers different underlining options as explained in the below Table and shown in Figure 2. Click the down arrow to see the various underlining options.
- Font color: drop-down left offers different colours option to the text. You would see the displays of the text in colour if you have a colour monitor. You can also print it in colour on a colour printer.
- The Effects box of the Font tab enables you to give various font effect.
| Option | Effect |
|---|---|
| None | Characters are not underlined. |
| Single | Both words and spaces are underlined. |
| Words only | Words are underlined but spaces are not underline. |
| Double | Both words and spaces have a double underline. |
| Dotted | Both word and spaces have a dotted underline. |
| Thick | The words are underlined with a thick line. |
| Dash | The words are underlined with a dashed underline. |
| Dot Dot | The words are underlined with a dot dot and dashed line. |
| Dash | Dashed line. |
| Wave | The words are underlined with a wavy line. |
| Effect | Appearance |
|---|---|
| Strike through | Characters appear with a straight line through them, as |
| Double Strike- through | Characters appear with double line through them. |
| Superscript | Character are raised above the regular line of type and in a smaller point size. For example in 102,2 is superscript. |
| Subscript | Characters are lowered below the regular line of type in a smaller point size. For example, H2. |
| Shadow | The text appears with a shadow. |
| Outline | The text appears with a Outline. |
| Emboss | The text appears as Embossed. |
| Engrave | The text appears, engraved or imprinted on a page. |
| Small caps | Characters are all uppercase, but initial caps are in the assigned point size and rest of the characters are in a slightly smaller point size. For example, SMALL caps. |
| All caps | This option changes only the appearance of the characters without actually changing the characters themselves. |
| Hidden | Characters or text in a document which you do not want to be printed. the hidden text is displayed with a dotted underline. |
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