Introducing Font Formatting

In Word, you can apply an extraordinarily wide range of formats to specific characters. As already mentioned, Word calls this font formatting. It includes the following:

  • The choice of font

  • Font size

  • Font style (for example, bold or italic)

  • Underlining

  • Font effects (for example, strikethrough, superscript, or emboss)

  • Font color

  • Scaling (font stretching)

  • Spacing between groups of letters

  • Position of text on a line

  • Kerning (spacing between specific pairs of letters)

  • Text animation

As already mentioned, you can control any type of font formatting through the Format, Font dialog box. However, when it comes to the formatting you do most, Word usually has quicker ways to get the job done.

Quick and Easy Font Formatting

In many cases, ...

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