The Format Menu
The Format menu contains these choices:
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Character: Presents a rollover menu of character tags. These
tags attach visual characteristics to the text. You can make the
selected text bold, italic, a fixed-width font, or underlined. You can
also place a line (strike) through the selected text and you can make
it blink. (To see the text blink, choose File > Preview).
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Size: Presents a rollover menu with options for changing the
size of selected text. "1" is the smallest font size;
"7" is the largest size. These options are identical to those
offered on the Character Sizes palette.
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Style: Presents a rollover menu that lists preset character
styles. You use these styles to categorize the selected text as an
identifiable document element (such as a a document citation or
keyboard input). These options are identical to those offered on the
Character Attributes palette.
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Justify: Lets you align a paragraph with the left or right
margin or center it on the page. Choosing Left, Center,
or Right is equivalent to clicking on the alignment
buttons in the tool bar.
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Paragraph: Presents a rollover menu that lists the available
paragraph tags. Your options are:
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Body: A traditional text paragraph.
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Bulleted List: An unordered list; each item is preceded by a bullet or
other character.
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Numbered List: An ordered list; each item is preceded by a numeral
which increases by one with each item.
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Menu List: An unordered list.
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Directory List: An unordered list. Many viewers arrange directory lists
in columns.
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Descriptive Title: A title for the paragraphs to follow that are marked
as Descriptive Data.
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Descriptive Data: A paragraph or group of paragraphs preceded by a
Descriptive Title.
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Preformatted: Presents sections in a fixed-width font with no word
wrapping.
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Block Quote: A body of information that may be displayed in such a way
to indicate that it is a quote. For example, many viewers indent it
slightly on both the right and left sides.
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Address: Information that describes how to contact an individual or
organization.
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Heading 1-6: A heading introduces and titles a new section of
information. Cosmo Create automatically inserts a line break before and
after each heading.
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Indent List: Nests (indents) a selected list item; see Creating and Nesting Lists.
This is identical to clicking the Indent button.
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Outdent List: Outdents a selected list item; see Creating and Nesting Lists.
This is identical to clicking the Outdent button.
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Join Paragraphs: Joins multiple paragraphs.
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Add Paragraph Before Table: Allows you to add a paragraph
before a table. You can also add paragraphs before a table by adding a
paragraph after any paragraph that exists before the table.
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Add Paragraph After Table: Allows you to add a paragraph
after a table. You can also add paragraphs after a table by adding a
paragraph before any paragraph that exists after the table.