Text Formatting Bar
To display the Text Formatting Bar, place the cursor inside a text object.
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
Left
Aligns the selected paragraph(s) to the left page margin.
Align Left
Centre
Centres the selected paragraph(s) on the page.
Align Centre HorizontallyCentred
Right
Aligns the selected paragraph(s) to the right page margin.
Align Right
Justify
Aligns the selected paragraph(s) to the left and the right page margins. If you want, you can also specify the alignment options for the last line of a paragraph by choosing Format - Paragraph - Alignment.
Justified
Increase Spacing
Click the Increase Spacing icon to increase the paragraph spacing above the selected paragraph.
Increase Spacing
Decrease Spacing
Click the Decrease Spacing icon to decrease the paragraph spacing above the selected paragraph.
Decrease Spacing
Single Line
Applies single line spacing to the current paragraph. This is the default setting.
Line spacing: 1
1.5 Lines
Sets the line spacing of the current paragraph to one and half lines.
Line spacing: 1.5
Double (Line)
Sets the line spacing of the current paragraph to two lines.
Line spacing: 2
Toggle Unordered List
Assigns bullet points to the selected paragraphs, or removes them from bulleted paragraphs.
Toggle Unordered List
Promote Outline Level
Moves a chapter heading where the cursor is located, or selected chapter headings, up one outline level. Moves a list paragraph where the cursor is located, or selected list paragraphs, up one list level.
Promote Outline LevelPromote
Demote Outline Level
Moves a chapter heading where the cursor is located, or selected chapter headings, down one outline level. Moves a list paragraph where the cursor is located, or selected list paragraphs, down one list level.
Demote Outline LevelDemote
Move Item UpMove Up
Moves the paragraph where the cursor is located, or selected paragraphs, to before the previous paragraph.
Move Item UpMove Up
Move Item DownMove Down
Moves the paragraph where the cursor is located, or selected paragraphs, to after the next paragraph.
Move Item DownMove Down
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
Numbering Symbols
Adds numbering or bullets to the current paragraph or to selected paragraphs, and lets you edit format of the numbering or bullets.
Bullets and Numbering
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
Increase Font Size
Increases the font size of the selected text.
Decrease Font Size
Reduces the font size of the selected text.