Changing Attributes in Text

One of the wonderful features in word processing is the ability to change how the text looks and how the lines are spaced.

The instructions here guide to you changing the font type and size of the text and line spacing. As you will see when you open the window to change the font type and size there are many attributes that you can add to the text. Take the time to look at the offerings in that window.

Changing Font Size or type in Word
Changing Font Size or type in Word Perfect
An Introduction to Fonts (off site) [takes a while to load]
Setting Spacing

Word 2003

Select the text in the part of the document for which you wish to have the font size or type face changed.
On the Menu Line click on Format>Font
From the pop-up window:
1. Size - Under size drop down the box and select the appropriate size.
2. Type face - Drop down the box under Latin Text font. Note that this is a large box, be sure to scroll to see more choices. As you select a type face a sample of how the text will look are in the bottom of the pop-up window.
If you wish this size to be the default for all your documents, click on Default in the lower left corner of the window.
Click on OK when the size and type face meet your needs.

NOTE: You can perform the above before you start typing the document and the text in the document will then be in that size and type face.

To increase the font by one point, after selecting the text, tap Ctrl+]
To decrease by one point, Ctrl+[

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Word 2007

On the home tab, drop down the arrow next to font if you wish to change the font, or the arrow next to the number to change the size.
Note. For some reason, the default font is now Calibri size 11.
To change this default, click on the more options arrow in the green circle.

Make your selection from this window and click on Default.

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Word Perfect

Select the part of the document for which you wish to have the font size changed.
On the Menu Line click on Format>Font
To change :
1. Size - under the size box select the appropriate size by clicking on it.
2. Type face - Select the appropriate font. A sample of how the text will
  
  look in a given font can be seen at the bottom left of the screen.
To make your choices the default for all future documents click on the Settings button and "Select face and point size for all documents."
When you are happy with the text style click on "OK"

You can select a font, size or both before beginning to type the document.

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Setting Line Spacing

Changing the spacing between lines can be done at any time, before you type, during, or afterwards. To set the spacing after you have typed, select the text (If you want to space the entire document tap Ctrl+A to select the entire document.) then perform the steps. In Word it is a paragraph attribute, in Word Perfect, a line attribute, meaning you can have different spacing within the same paragraph.

Word 2003

Word 2007

Word Perfect

Word 2003

On the menu line, click on the icon shown in the red box.
Click on the number for the spacing that you wish, for double spacing use 2.0.

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Word 2007

In the Paragraph Group on the Home Ribbon, click on the icon seen in the red box.
Click on the number you wish, 2.0 for double spacing

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Word Perfect

On the Menu line, click on Format>Line>Spacing
In the box that appears, type 2.0 for double spacing.

Word Perfect spacing box

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