"Font Format" Window

"Font Format" Window

Each control of this window represents a separate component of the font format.

Some controls might be in so called undefined state (or indeterminate state). A check box that is in the undefined state, is grayed. An edit box contains no text. None item of the list box is selected if this list box is in the undefined state.

The undefined state of a particular control means that the respective characteristic of the font format of the style is inherited from the font format of the base style.

The example. Let's imagine that our document contains two styles: the Normal and Heading 1.
The Heading 1 style is based on the Normal style.
The font format of the Normal style contains the Times New Roman for the Font Face attribute. If the Font Face attribute of the font format of the Heading 1 style is in the undefined state, the Heading 1 inherits the Font Face from the base style – Normal style. Consequently any paragraph associated with the Heading 1 style, will be displayed using the Times New Roman font face.
Any changes to the Font Face attribute of the Normal style are immediately applied to the Heading 1 style.
For example, we can change the Font Face of the Normal style to Arial, and all paragraphs associated with the Heading 1 style, will be displayed with the Arial too because the Heading 1 style inherits the Font Face attribute from the Normal style.

To specify the undefined state for a checkbox, simply do clicking it until it becomes grayed.

To specify the undefined state for an edit box or for a list box, click it with the right mouse button. The popup menu appears.

Choose the Set Undefined State command from this menu.

 

Click here to read about the components of the Font Format.

 

Click the Copy button to copy the font format being edited to the Font Format Clipboard.

Click the Paste button to assign the information from the Font Format Clipboard to the font format being edited.

See also...

Styles