You can specify how you want text to appear by selecting options in the Font dialog box. The availability of some options depends on the languages that are installed and enabled for editing.
Tip: To do extensive formatting of your document you'll usually get better results by using Styles. For more information see Video: Using Styles in Word
Word and Outlook have two tabs on their Font dialog box: Font and Advanced
You can use the settings on the font tab to adjust the basic look and feel of your text. Any changes you make will be reflected in the Preview box so that you have an idea of what the text will look like before you save the changes.
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Font |
Specifies a Latin text font. In the box, select a font name. |
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Font style |
Specifies a font style, such as Bold or Italic. In the box, select a font style. |
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Size |
Specifies a font size in points. In the list, select a font size. To ensure readability for most documents and users, use a size of eight points or larger. |
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Font Color |
Specifies the color of the selected text. In the box, select a color. Clicking Automatic applies the color defined in Microsoft Windows Control Panel. By default, that color is black unless you change it. In paragraphs with shading of 80 percent or more, clicking Automatic changes the text to white. |
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Underline style |
Specifies whether selected text is underlined and the underline style. Click none to remove underlining. |
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Underline color |
Specifies the color of the underline. This option remains unavailable until you apply an underline style. |
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Strikethrough |
Draws a line through the selected text. |
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Double strikethrough |
Draws a double line through the selected text. |
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Superscript |
Raises the selected text above the baseline and changes the selected text to a smaller font size, if a smaller size is available. If you want to raise the selected text without changing the font size, click the Character Spacing tab, and then click Raised in the Position box. |
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Subscript |
Lowers the selected text below the baseline and changes the selected text to a smaller font size, if a smaller size is available. If you want to lower the selected text without changing the font size, click the Character Spacing tab, and then click Lowered in the Position box. |
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Small caps |
Formats selected lowercase text as capital letters and reduces their size. Small caps formatting does not affect numbers, punctuation, non-alphabetic characters, or uppercase letters. |
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All caps |
Formats lowercase letters as capitals. All caps formatting does not affect numbers, punctuation, non-alphabetic characters, or uppercase letters. |
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Hidden |
Prevents selected text from being displayed. To view hidden text, click the Microsoft Office Button |
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Scale |
Stretches or compresses text vertically and horizontally as a percentage of its current size. Type or select a percentage between 1 and 600. |
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Spacing |
Increases or decreases the space between characters. Type or select an amount in the By box. |
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Position |
Raises or lowers the selected text in relation to the baseline. Type or select an amount in the By box. |
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Kerning for fonts |
Automatically adjusts the amount of space between certain combinations of characters so that an entire word looks more evenly spaced. This command works for TrueType and Adobe PostScript fonts only. To use this feature, type or select the smallest font size to which you want to apply kerning in the Points and above box. Microsoft Office Word automatically kerns all fonts of that size and greater. |
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Snap to grid when document grid is defined |
Sets the number of characters per line to match the number of characters set in the Page Setup dialog box (Page Layout tab). |
