A
character font is an assortment of characters that
are instrumental in personalizing your text. Each
character font has its own character type and size.
The choice of fonts varies according to the type
of printer you use.
To
change a font, you must first select the text you
want to modify and then use the Font function
in the Format menu. This option will display
the following dialogue box:
Here
is a brief description of the different sections
of this dialogue box:
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Font
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Allows
you to choose a new character font by
using the scroll bar to view all the possible
choices according to the type of printer
selected.
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Font
Style:
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Allows
you to choose a font style: normal, italics,
bold, or bold italics.
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Size
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Allows
you to select character size by using
the scroll bar or by typing a number in
the box.
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Underline
:
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Lists
the various ways to underline characters.
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Color
:
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Enables
you to choose the colour of the characters.
If your printer can only print in black
and white, characters will be displayed
in colour on the screen but printed in
black and white.
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Effects
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There
are six different character features:
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Strikethrough:
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Characters
are crossed out. Example : morning
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Superscript
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Characters
are displayed in superscript. Example:
E=mc2
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Subscript
:
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Characters
are displayed in subscript. Example: X2
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Hidden
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Characters
are invisible on the screen because they
are masked.
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Small
Caps :
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Characters
are displayed in small capital letters.
Example: HELLO
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All
Caps :
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Characters
are in capital letters. Example: HELLO
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Preview
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Enables
you to view the change or changes you have
made to the characters.
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You
can use the following buttons to make rapid, specific
changes to your text:
FONT:
Allows you to change the character font.
 :
Allows you to change the size of characters.
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Exercise 3
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Let`s
take the document ACADIA 1, which
should still be displayed on screen, and
make the following changes to the text:
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The
words <<France>> and <<Acadia>>
should be set in bold.
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The
words from <<Florida to Newfoundland>>
should be set in italics.
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The
word <<first>> should
be double underlined.
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Select
the ARIAL character font (if
available) for the entire text.
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Change
character size to 13.
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The
first paragraph should be centred
between the left and right margins.
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Once you have completed the above changes,
your text should look like this:
We
owe the toponym Acadia to a Florentine
who served the king of France and who
died somewhere in the Caribbean, eaten
by cannibals...
Giovanni
da Verrazzano was the first European to
navigate and explore the North American
coast from Florida to Newfoundland. At
least, he was the first to have left us
an original account of his discoveries.
Update
your document to save the most recent
changes. Since we are only updating this
document, the file name, ACADIA 1 will
remain the same.
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