Formatting Menu Options
Contained within the Format menu options is a complete
set of formatting commands that you can use on your documents.
We describe a few of these below:
Font
When you click on the Font option, a separate pop-up
window appears. You are then free to set the various options
available for the text. This means that you can pick a font
type (e.g., Roman), a font style (e.g., regular, italic, bold,
or bold italic), a font size (e.g., 10pt), a text color, and an
underline style (e.g., none, single). You are also able to
do things like superscripts, subscripts, all caps, etc. You can
even control the amount of space between characters and their
positions on the line.
Columns
The Column option allows you to change the number of columns
in a particular section of your document. You are given a pop-up
window which lets you select the preferred formatting, as shown below.
You may either select via the Presets available, or you may
move the mouse to the Number of Columns section and specify
and number of columns you wish. The Line Between box, if checked,
puts a vertical line between the columns. The Width and Spacing
section lets you specify the width of each column and the amount of space
between columns. Use the Apply To box to choose the portion
of the document where you want the column setting to apply.
Style
The Style option lets you change the text styles to a selected
piece of text. The buttons New and Modify create a new
style and modify a style, repectively. Delete will remove a style
from the document. The Description box tells all of the
defining characteristics of the style selected in the Styles box.
The Apply button will apply the selected style to the selected
piece of text.
Borders and Shading
After hitting the Borders and Shading option, you will get a
pop-up window like that below. You are able to choose the kind of border
you want by using the available Presets (none, box, shadow),
or by using the Border section of the window to enclose (entirely
or partially) the text selected. The style and color of the border line and
can be chosen also. If you wish to shade the region bordered, choose the
Shading option in the window.
Bullets and Numbering
Select the desired list format from the Bulleted or
Numbered list options on the pop-up window. If you want to
customize the style, font, and position of the bullets or numbers, etc.,
you can use the Modify button. Remove removes the
bullets from the selected text. Hanging Indent indents all but
the first line of each paragraph from the selected text.