Clear Direct Formatting

Removes direct formatting from the selection.

Direct formatting is formatting that you applied without using styles, such as setting bold typeface by clicking the Bold icon.

To access this command...

Choose Format - Clear Direct Formatting.

<div class="default">  <blockquote><div class=""><p>Applied styles (paragraph, character, and other types) are not affected by <strong>Clear Direct Formatting</strong>, only direct formatting applied on top of the styles. To remove formatting applied by a character or paragraph style, reapply the corresponding <strong>Default</strong> style.</p></div></blockquote>  <blockquote><div class=""><p>To stop applying a direct format, such as underlining, while you type new text at the end of a line, press Shift+Ctrl+X.</p></div></blockquote>  <blockquote><div class=""><p>Bullets and numbering are properties of lists. <strong>Clear Direct Formatting</strong> does not clear directly formatted bullets and numbering found in a paragraph. To remove the bullet and numbering applied directly to a paragraph, use the <strong>Toggle Unordered List</strong>, the <strong>Toggle Ordered List</strong> or the <strong>No List</strong> icons on the Formatting toolbar.</p></div></blockquote></div> 

Related Topics

• Undoing Direct Formatting for a Document
• Turning off Bullets and Numbering for Individual Paragraphs