Changing the appearance of text

You can change many aspects of the appearance of text using the properties pop-up panel. A particular combination of text properties defines the appearance of text.

  1. Select the text you want to change.

  2. In the action bar, click Properties.

  3. At the top of the pop-up panel, click Font.

    Note You may have to open several panels to see all the available text properties.

  4. Select the options you want:
    To change... Do this...
    Font Click the Font name box and click a font.
    Size Click the Size box to select a text size or type a size between 1 and 255 points.
    Attribute Click B to bold text; click I to italicize text.
    Tip You can also click Bold or Italic in the action bar.
    Color Click a color in the palette.

    Your changes take effect immediately.

  5. Click Close to close the pop-up panel when you finish.

Tip To set the appearance of text before you type it, click where you want the change to begin, follow the steps in the above procedure, and then type the text.



See also
Aligning data
Changing the appearance of column data
Changing column style
Changing column width