Special Edition Using Microsoft® Office Word 2007

Chapter 6. Applying Character Formatting

In this chapter

Changing Text Font, Size, and Color 156

Bold and Italic: Applying Font Styles 169

Underlining Text 171

Applying Font Effects 172

Changing Text Case 173

Highlighting Text 175

Adjusting Character Spacing 176

Creating a Drop Cap 178

Clearing Formatting 180

Copying Formatting with Format Painter 180

Revealing and Comparing Formatting 181

Using AutoFormat 182

Troubleshooting 189

Changing Text Font, Size, and Color

Character formatting is formatting that can be applied to individual characters of text. There are other types of formatting too, which I address in other chapters. Paragraph formatting is formatting that applies to entire paragraphs (for example, line spacing), and page formatting ...