Google Spreadsheets lets you format your text with a number of common attributes, as shown in Figure 23. In particular, you can apply these formatting attributes:
Figure 23. Sample text formatting with Google Spreadsheets.
Note Although you can change text attributes for an entire cell or range of cells, Google Spreadsheets doesn't let you change attributes for selected characters within a cell. You apply these formatting attributes to all the text (numbers or letters) within a selected cell or range of cells. Just follow these steps:
The formatting you select is now applied to the selected cell(s). If you choose to change the text color, you have a choice of 40 different colors. When you click the Text Color button, a drop-down color menu appears, as shown in Figure 24. Click the color you want, and it's applied to all the text in the selected cell(s). Figure 24. The color menu for changing text color.
Tip To remove all text formatting within a cell or range of cells, select the cell(s) and click the Clear Format button. |