Changing the appearance of text

You can use text properties to change the appearance, size, and color of text.

  1. Select the range.

  2. In the action bar, click Text.

  3. In the pop-up menu, click Font.

  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 directly in the action bar.
    Color Click a color in the palette.

Your changes take effect immediately.

  1. To close the pop-up panel, click Pop-up panel close button.

Tip You can set the appearance of text in a range even before you enter the text. Just follow the steps in the procedure above, and then type the text into the range.



See also
Aligning data
Changing color inside a cell or a range
Changing how range borders look
Inserting a background graphic for a worksheet