Change the Font To change the selected text's font, alignment, display format, or background, select
Format, Character from the menu. The
Character dialog box appears. You can also right-click over the selected text to display the
Character dialog box. Other right-click options are more specific, such as
Font, Size, Style , and
Alignment , in case you want to change one of those specific aspects of the text.
From the
Character dialog box's
Font page, you can change the font, the typeface (such as bold or italic), and the size of the text. A preview updates at the bottom of the
Font page, showing you how your changes will affect your text. Click to select the
Font Effects tab to change other aspects of the text, such as underlining and the text color . The
Position tab determines how the text appears on the line (as normal,
superscript , or
subscript text). Click the
OK button to close the dialog box and view your formatted text.
KEY TERMS
Superscript Small text that begins above the text baseline, as is often used to indicate the square of a number.
Subscript Small text that begins below the text baseline, as is often used to indicate numbers that drop below the line in chemical formulas.