MS Word 2000 - Editing text

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Tip Sheet

Bold
Italics
Underline

Text size

Font

Super^script

_Sub^script

Symbols - ë or è or õ

Text attributes

Bold Italics Underline

You will find the icons for these functions in the formatting toolbar.
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You can change the appearance of (edit) text to bold, italic or underline before or after you type the text.

Before you type the text:

Click on B - and then type the text that you want to be Bold. Click on B again to end the bold text and type normally.
Click on I - and then type the text that you want to be Italics. Click on I again to end the italic text and type normally.
Click on U - and then type the text that you want to be Underlined. Click on U again to end the underlined text and type normally.

After you type the text:

Highlight the text you want to change. Then click on the relevant icon in the toolbar to make the change.

You can follow this procedure for any editing of text. For example you can use this technique to change the colour, size or font of the text, as well as many other editing features.

You can highlight text in a number of ways (you can choose the easiest for you):

click twice on a word to highlight the word

click three times on a word in a paragraph to highlight the whole paragraph

click to the left of a line of text to highlight the lone of text

click and drag the mouse pointer over text you want to select

click once, then use Shift-arrow keys to select text

Text size and font

Choose the font type by clicking on the black triangle to the right of the Font Type icon and scrolling down to view the choice available (notice the scroll bar).

Choose the new font by clicking on the name of the font.

Similarly, choose the font size by clicking on the black triangle next to the font size icon and making a choice of the size you want. Normal text is 12.

The larger the number the larger the font.

Superscript

e.g. x²+y³=z

Click on the Format menu
Click on Font
Click in the little box to the left of the word Superscript.

Subscript

e.g. H₂O+SO₂=H₂SO₄

Click on the Format menu
Click on Font
Click in the little box to the left of the word Subscript.

Symbols - ë or è or õ

Click on Insert
Click on Symbol
Select the Font
Select the symbol required
Click on Insert
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