Introducing Font Formatting
Formatted text is capable of communicating far more effectively than unformatted text. Editors and publishers have long recognized the value of italics, boldface, and other character formatting in calling attention to text. Choices of font communicate subtly (or not so subtly) about the type of information contained in text, and how that information should be viewed.
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:
Choice of font
Font size (measured in points)
Font style (for example, bold or italic)
Underlining
Font effects (for example, strikethrough, superscript, or emboss)
Font color
Scaling (font ...
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