Formatting Characters

Mike McBride

This section will cover the changes that can be made to individual characters or blocks of characters including:

Changing Size, Font, Font Style, Text color and Background Color

Using the Keyboard or toolbars

There are several keyboard shortcuts which you can use to make common changes to character formatting. After selecting the text, you can use these key combinations to toggle each attribute.

The Basic Formatting toolbar also has buttons which you can use to toggle these same attributes.

The following table details each attribute, the toolbar buttons and the keyboard shortcuts.

Attribute	Toolbar Button	Key Combo
Font Size		Decrease font size: Ctrl-< Inong class="keycap">Ctrl-< Iled Alignment. Determine what you want to fill the empty space to the tab stop with. In most cases this should be left as Blank. For information on other options in this section, see Tab filling. You can now add another tab stop. When you are done adding tab stops, you can click OK to finish. Moving Tab Stops Tab stops can be moved one of two ways: Using the rulers of KWord Using a specialized dialog panel. Using the Ruler To move a tab stop with the ruler, place the mouse over the desired tab stop. The mouse pointer will change to a double arrow. Click and hold down the left mouse button. Drag the tab stop to its new location When the tab stop is where you want it, release the mouse button. Using the Dialog Box Select Format->Paragraph... from the menubar or type Ctrl+Alt+P. This will bring up a dialog box with 5 tabs. Click on the tab labeled Tabulators A very fast way to edit existing tab stops is to simply double click on the tab stop you want to edit in the top ruler of KWord. This will also bring up the Tabulators dialog box with the desired tab stop already selected. Click on the tab stop you want moved. The list of all tab stops is in the box on the left side of the dialog panel. Type the horizontal location of the tab stop in the space labeled Position. The units used and the current frame width are listed below the text box. If you need to make changes, select the type of tab stop from the list labeled Alignment or change the white space character under Tab Leader. Click OK when you are done moving all tab stops around. Removing Tab Stops Tab stops can be removed one of two ways: Using the rulers of KWord Using a specialized dialog panel. Using the Ruler To delete a tab stop with the ruler, place the mouse over the desired tab stop. The mouse pointer will change to a double arrow. Click and hold down the right button on the mouse. A submenu will appear. Select Remove Tabulator. Using the Dialog Box Select Format->Paragraph... from the menubar or type Ctrl+Alt+P. This will bring up a dialog box with 5 tabs. Click on the tab labeled Tabulators A very fast way to edit existing tab stops is to simply double click on the tab stop you want to edit in the top ruler of KWord. This will also bring up the Tabulators dialog box with the desired tab stop already selected. Click on the tab stop you want removed. The list of all tab stops is in the box on the left side of the dialog panel Click the Delete button. Note You can delete all tab stops at once by clicking Delete All. KWord will not prompt you prior to deleting all tabs, so make sure that is your intention prior to selecting the Delete All button. When you are done deleting tab stops, you can click OK to finish. Tab filling By default, KWord uses the standard tab function that you are familiar with when using a typewriter or most wordprocessing programs. You can, however, have KWord insert dots or lines to fill the tab space. To change the way the tab fills work in KWord you change the combo box labeled Filling. This combo box gives you many different line styles to choose from. You can change the thickness of the lines by using the Width spin box. Prev Next Home Formatting Paragraphs Formatting Characters Up ./usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/kword/format-characters.html0000644000000000000000000004523010374053157023174 0ustar rootroot00000000000000Formatting Characters Formatting Characters Prev Next Detailed Guides: Document Layout Formatting Characters Mike McBride This section will cover the changes that can be made to individual characters or blocks of characters including: Character s

Attribute

Toolbar Button

Key Combo

Font Size

Decrease font size: Ctrl-<

Inong class="keycap">Ctrl-<

Iled Alignment.

Determine what you want to fill the empty space to the tab stop with. In most cases this should be left as Blank. For information on other options in this section, see Tab filling.

You can now add another tab stop. When you are done adding tab stops, you can click OK to finish.

Moving Tab Stops

Tab stops can be moved one of two ways:

Using the Ruler

To move a tab stop with the ruler, place the mouse over the desired tab stop. The mouse pointer will change to a double arrow.
Click and hold down the left mouse button. Drag the tab stop to its new location
When the tab stop is where you want it, release the mouse button.

Using the Dialog Box

Select Format->Paragraph... from the menubar or type Ctrl+Alt+P. This will bring up a dialog box with 5 tabs.

Click on the tab labeled Tabulators

A very fast way to edit existing tab stops is to simply double click on the tab stop you want to edit in the top ruler of KWord. This will also bring up the Tabulators dialog box with the desired tab stop already selected.

Click on the tab stop you want moved. The list of all tab stops is in the box on the left side of the dialog panel.
Type the horizontal location of the tab stop in the space labeled Position. The units used and the current frame width are listed below the text box.
If you need to make changes, select the type of tab stop from the list labeled Alignment or change the white space character under Tab Leader.
Click OK when you are done moving all tab stops around.

Removing Tab Stops

Tab stops can be removed one of two ways:

Using the Ruler

To delete a tab stop with the ruler, place the mouse over the desired tab stop. The mouse pointer will change to a double arrow.
Click and hold down the right button on the mouse. A submenu will appear. Select Remove Tabulator.

Using the Dialog Box

Select Format->Paragraph... from the menubar or type Ctrl+Alt+P. This will bring up a dialog box with 5 tabs.

Click on the tab labeled Tabulators

Click on the tab stop you want removed. The list of all tab stops is in the box on the left side of the dialog panel
Click the Delete button.

Note

You can delete all tab stops at once by clicking Delete All.

KWord will not prompt you prior to deleting all tabs, so make sure that is your intention prior to selecting the Delete All button.

When you are done deleting tab stops, you can click OK to finish.

Tab filling

By default, KWord uses the standard tab function that you are familiar with when using a typewriter or most wordprocessing programs. You can, however, have KWord insert dots or lines to fill the tab space.

To change the way the tab fills work in KWord you change the combo box labeled Filling. This combo box gives you many different line styles to choose from.

You can change the thickness of the lines by using the Width spin box.

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