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.

Font tab

Latin text

Asian text font Specifies an Asian text font. In the box, select a font name. Your choice appears in the Preview box.

Font Specifies a Latin text font. In the box, select a font name. Your choice appears in the Preview box.

Font style Specifies a font style, such as Bold or Italic. In the box, select a font style. Your choice appears in the Preview box.

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. Your choice appears in the Preview box.

All text

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. Your choice appears in the Preview box.

Underline style Specifies whether selected text is underlined and the underline style. Click none to remove underlining.

Underline color Specifies the color of the underline. This option remains unavailable until you apply an underline style.

Emphasis mark Click to set options for the type of emphasis mark you want to add to a selected character string.

Effects

Strikethrough Draws a line through the selected text.

Double strikethrough Draws a double line through the selected text.

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.

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.

Shadow Adds a shadow beneath and to the right of the selected text.

Outline Displays the inner and outer borders of each character.

Emboss Makes the selected text appear to be raised off the page in relief.

Engrave Makes the selected text appear to be imprinted or pressed into the page.

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.

All caps Formats lowercase letters as capitals. All caps formatting does not affect numbers, punctuation, non-alphabetic characters, or uppercase letters.

Hidden Prevents selected text from being displayed. To view hidden text, on the Tools menu, click Options, and on the View tab, select the Hidden text check box.

Preview

The Preview box displays the specified font and any text effects.

Default Click to store the current values on the Font, Character Spacing, and Text Effects tabs as default settings for the current document and all new documents based on the current template.

Character Spacing tab

Scale Stretches or compresses text vertically and horizontally as a percentage of its current size. Type or select a percentage between 1 and 600.

Spacing Increases or decreases the space between characters. Type or select an amount in the By box.

Position Raises or lowers the selected text in relation to the baseline. Type or select an amount in the By box.

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.

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).

Preview

The Preview box displays the specified font and any text effects.

Default Click to store the current values on the Font, Character Spacing, and Text Effects tabs as default settings for the current document and all new documents based on the current template.

Font tab

Latin text font Specifies a Latin text font. In the box, select a font name. Your choice appears in the Preview box.

Asian text font Specifies an Asian text font. In the box, select a font name. Your choice appears in the Preview box.

Font style Specifies a font style, such as Bold or Italic. In the box, select a font style. Your choice appears in the Preview box.

Size Specifies a font size in points. In the list, select a font size. Your choice appears in the Preview box.

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Font Color Specifies the color of the selected text. In the box, select a color. Your choice appears in the Preview box.

Underline style Specifies whether selected text is underlined and the underline style. Click none to remove underlining.

Underline color Specifies the color of the underline. This option remains unavailable until you apply an underline style.

Effects

Strikethrough Draws a line through the selected text.

Double strikethrough Draws a double line through the selected text.

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, type a higher percentage in the Offset box.

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, type a lower percentage in the Offset box.

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.

All caps Formats lowercase letters as capitals. All caps formatting does not affect numbers, punctuation, non-alphabetic characters, or uppercase letters.

Equalize Character Height Reformats text effects as necessary to apply an even character height to text.

Character Spacing tab

Spacing Increases or decreases the space between characters. Type or select an amount in the By box.

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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General

Latin text font Specifies a Latin text font. In the box, select a font name. Your choice appears in the Sample box.

Asian text font Specifies an Asian text font. In the box, select a font name. Your choice appears in the Sample box.

Font style Specifies a font style, such as Bold or Italic. In the box, select a font style. Your choice appears in the Sample box.

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. Your choice appears in the Sample box.

Underline style Specifies whether selected text is underlined and the underline style. Click none to remove underlining.

Font and underline color Specifies the color of the font and the underline.

Emphasis mark Click to set options for the type of emphasis mark you want to add to a selected character string.

Effects

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.

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.

Outline Displays the inner and outer borders of each character.

Emboss Makes the selected text appear to be raised off the page in relief.

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.

All caps Formats lowercase letters as capitals. All caps formatting does not affect numbers, punctuation, non-alphabetic characters, or uppercase letters.

Shadow Adds a shadow beneath and to the right of the selected text.

Engrave Makes the selected text appear to be imprinted or pressed into the page.

Sample

The Sample box displays a preview of the specified font and any text effects.