Text Formatting Bar
The Text Formatting Bar that is displayed when the cursor is in a text object, such as a text box or a drawing object, contains formatting and alignment commands.
Font Name
Allows you to select a font name from the list or enter a font name directly.
You can enter several fonts, separated by semicolons. Office uses each named font in succession if the previous fonts are not available.
Font Name
Font Size
Allows you to choose between different font sizes from the list, or to enter a size manually.
Font Size
Font Size
Bold
Makes the selected text bold. If the cursor is in a word, the entire word is made bold. If the selection or word is already bold, the formatting is removed.
Bold
Italic
Makes the selected text italic. If the cursor is in a word, the entire word is made italic. If the selection or word is already italic, the formatting is removed.
Italic
Underline
Underlines or removes underlining from the selected text.
Underline
Font Colour
Click to apply the current font colour to the selected characters. You can also click here, and then drag a selection to change the text colour. Click the arrow next to the icon to open the Font colour toolbar.
Font Colour
Line Spacing: 1
Applies single line spacing to the current paragraph. This is the default setting.
Line spacing: 1
Line Spacing: 1.5
Sets the line spacing to 1.5 lines.
Line spacing: 1.5
Line Spacing: 2
Sets the line spacing to two lines.
Line spacing: 2
Align Left
Aligns the paragraph to the left page margin.
Align Left
Centred
Centres the contents of the paragraph on the page.
Align Centre HorizontallyCentred
Align Right
Aligns the paragraph to the right page margin.
Align Right
Justify
Aligns the paragraph to the left and to the right page margins.
Justified
Superscript
Reduces the font size of the selected text and raises the text above the baseline.
Superscript
Subscript
Reduces the font size of the selected text and lowers the text below the baseline.
Subscript
Character
Changes the font and the font formatting for the selected characters.
Character
Paragraph
Modifies the format of the current paragraph, such as indents and alignment.
Paragraph
Asian Language Support
These commands can only be accessed after you enable support for Asian languages in Tools - Options - Language Settings - Languages.
Text running from left to right
Specifies the horizontal direction of the text.
Text direction from left to right
Text running from top to bottom
Specifies the vertical direction of the text.
Text direction from top to bottom