Additional text formatting functions
The following formatting options appear in the toolbar of the text editor when you click More formatting options button in the upper-right corner of the editor.
Procedure
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Example
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Font Name
(CTRL+SHIFT+F)
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Use this button to change the font of text.
- Select the text which font you want to change or place the cursor inside a word.
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Click the Font Name dropdown box and select the desired font.
The system changes the font of the selected text.
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Text in Times New Roman font.
Text in Courier New font |
Real font size
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Use this button to change the font size of text.
- Select the text which size you want to change or place the cursor inside a word.
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Click the Real font size dropdown box and select the desired font size.
The system changes the size of the selected text.
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Text 10 pixels big
Text 20 pixels big
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Foreground Color
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Use this button to change the color of the selected text.
Select the text which color you want to change and do one of the following:
- If the already selected color is the color you want to use, click the letter .
In this example the already selected color is green.
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If you want to use different from the already selected color, click the arrow .
In the dropdown box that appears, click the color which you want to use as text color.
The system colors the text in the selected color.
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Text colored red
Text colored blue
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Background Color
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Use this button to change the background color of the selected text.
Select the text which background you want to color and do one of the following:
- If the already selected color is the color you want to use, click the bucket .
In this example the already selected color is yellow.
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If you want to use different from the already selected color, click the arrow .
In the dropdown box that appears, click the color which you want to use as background.
The system colors the background of the selected color.
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Text with green background
Text with yellow background
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SuperScript
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Use this button to make the text appear smaller and above the line of text.
- Select the text you want to superscript or place the cursor inside a word.
Usually you do not need to have a space between the normal text and the superscripted text.
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Click SuperScript button.
The system makes the selected text appear smaller and above the line of the normal text.
Click the button again to switch to normal text typing.
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NormalSuperScript
25th of May
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Use this button to make the text appear smaller and below the line of text.
- Select the text you want to subscript or place the cursor inside a word.
Usually you do not enter a space between the normal text and the subscripted text.
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Click Subscript button.
The system makes the selected text appear smaller and below the line of the normal text.
Click the button again to switch to normal text typing.
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NormalSubscript
Sx>1
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NOTE: To go back to basic mode of the text editor, click Basic options only button in the upper-right corner of the text editor.