Formatting Pages

Changing Text Color, Style, and Font

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To change the style, color, or font of selected text:

Select the text you want to format.

Open the Format menu and choose one of the following:

Font: Use this to choose a font. If you prefer to use fonts specified by the reader's browser, select Variable Width or Fixed Width.

Note: Not all fonts installed on your computer appear. Instead of specifying a font that may not be available to all who view your web page, it's generally best to select one of the fonts provided in the menu since these fonts work on every computer. For example, the fonts Helvetica, Arial, Times, and Courier generally look the same when viewed on different computers. If you select a different font, it may not look the same when viewed using a different computer.

Size: Use this to choose a relative font size or select an option to increase or decrease text size (relative to the surrounding text).

Text Style: Use this to select a style, such as italic, bold, or underline.

Text Color: Use this to choose a color from the color picker. If you are familiar with HTML hexadecimal color codes, you can type a specific code or you can just type a color name (for example, "blue").


Removing or Discontinuing Text Styles

To remove all text styles (bold, italic, and so on) from selected text:

Select the text.

Open Format > Remove All Text Styles.

Continue typing.


Inserting Special Characters

To insert special characters such as accent marks, copyrights, or currency symbols:

Click to place the insertion point where you want the special character to appear.

Open Insert > Characters and Symbols.


You see the Insert Character dialog box.

Select a category of characters.

Depending on which category is chosen, the Letter or Character drop-down list will become active. Select the character or letter you want to insert.

Click the Insert button.

In the example below, Common Symbols was chosen.

You can continue typing in your HTML document while you keep this dialog box open, in case you want to use it again.

Click the Close button when you are done inserting special characters.

Select Common Symbols to insert special characters such as copyright symbols or fractions.