Difference between revisions of "Formatting characters"
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You can apply many formats to characters using the buttons on the Formatting toolbar. The Formatting toolbar is shown below as a floating toolbar, customized to show only the icons for character formatting. | You can apply many formats to characters using the buttons on the Formatting toolbar. The Formatting toolbar is shown below as a floating toolbar, customized to show only the icons for character formatting. | ||
− | {{Documentation/Tip|It is highly recommended that you use ''character styles'' rather than manually formatting characters. For information on the advantages of styles and how to use them, see [[Documentation/OOoAuthors User | + | {{Documentation/Tip|It is highly recommended that you use ''character styles'' rather than manually formatting characters. For information on the advantages of styles and how to use them, see [[Documentation/OOoAuthors User Manual/Writer Guide/Introduction to Styles|Chapter 6]] (Introduction to Styles) in the [[Documentation/OOoAuthors User Manual/Writer Guide|Writer Guide]].}} |
[[Image:FormatToolbarChar.png|thumb|none|500px|The Formating toolbar.]] | [[Image:FormatToolbarChar.png|thumb|none|500px|The Formating toolbar.]] |
Revision as of 09:00, 14 April 2008
You can apply many formats to characters using the buttons on the Formatting toolbar. The Formatting toolbar is shown below as a floating toolbar, customized to show only the icons for character formatting.
1 Styles and Formatting window | 9 Subscript |
2 Apply Style | 10 Increase Font |
3 Font Name | 11 Reduce Font |
4 Font Size | 12 Font Color |
5 Bold | 13 Highlighting |
6 Italic | 14 Background Color |
7 Underline | 15 Character Format dialog |
8 Superscript |
The Formatting toolbar, showing icons for character formatting.