The Formatting Palette

The
Formatting Palette allows you to format your document in areas of font, styles, alignment and spelling, bullets and numbering, borders and shadowing, document margins, and document theme. This document describes each of the main sections of this palette.
Font
The
Font toolbar allows you to edit aspects of the text in your document, as well as add customizations.
Name | Image | Description |
Font style pull-down menu |  | Selects text font |
Font size pull-down menu |  | Selects text size from pull-down menu |
Font size slider |  | Selects text size using slider |
Bold |  | Applies boldface to text |
Italic |  | Applies italics to text |
Underline |  | Applies underline to text |
Strikethrough |  | Applies strikethrough |
Font color pull-down menu |  | Selects text color |
Highlight |  | Adds highlighting to text |
Superscript |  | Creates superscript text |
Subscript |  | Creates subscript text |
Small caps |  | Applies small caps |
All caps |  | Applies all caps |
Styles
The
Style toolbar allows you to add preformatted styles to your text, create your own style, as well as clear any formatting.
Name | Image | Description |
Style display |  | Allows you to select text with similar formatting, and displays the style of the selected text |
New style |  | Allows you to create your own style and save it |
Select all |  | Selects all text with similar formatting to the text already selected |
Style List |  | Allows you to choose from pre-made styles including Heading 1, Heading 2, Bulleted list, and No spacing. The Clear Formatting option removes any style that has been applied to the selected text. Each option on the Style List has pull-down menu with the following options: select all, modify style, delete, update to match selection. |
Style List pull-down menu |  | From this menu you can choose between Available Styles and All Styles. This will affect what styles are present on the Style List. |
Alignment and Spacing
The
Alignment and Spacing toolbar allows you to designate the horizontal and vertical alignment, text orientation, paragraph spacing, and indentation.
Name | Image | Description |
Horizontal alignment |  | Sets the horizontal alignment for the text at left, center, right, or justified |
Vertical alignment |  | Sets the vertical alignment for the text at top, center, or bottom |
Text orientation |  | Sets the text direction to portrait, or landscape |
Paragraph spacing pull-down menus |  | Sets the spacing before and after paragraphs |
Indentation text boxes |  | Sets left, right, and first line paragraph indentations |
Bullets and Numbering
The
Bullets and Numbering toolbar allows you to add bullets or numbering, adjust indents, customize bullets and numbering, and designate what number or letter a list starts on.
Name | Image | Description |
Bullet type |  | Chooses between bullets or numbering |
Indent adjustment |  | Allows you to increase or decrease the depth of indentation |
Style pull-down menu |  | Allows you to select different types of bullets or numbering
EXAMPLE: Roman numerals. |
Start pull-down menu |  | Designates the number or letter that the list will start from |
Borders and Shading
The
Borders and Shading toolbar allows you to edit a border in terms of type, style, color, size, shading, and shading pattern.
Name | Image | Description |
Border type |  | Selects type of border: |
Border style |  | Selects border style |
Border color |  | Select border color |
Border weight |  | Applies border size |
Shading pattern pull-down menu |  | Selects the degree of shading applied |
Pattern color pull-down menu |  | Selects the color of the pattern |
Fill color pull-down menu |  | Selects the color of the shading |
Document Margins
The
Document Margins toolbar allows you to designate the left, right, top, bottom, header, and footer margins.
Name | Image | Description |
Left margin text box |  | Sets the left margin |
Right margin text box |  | Sets the right margin |
Top margin text box |  | Sets the top margin |
Bottom margin text box |  | Sets the bottom margin |
Header margin text box |  | Sets the header margin |
Footer margin text box |  | Sets the footer margin |
Document Theme
The
Document Theme toolbar allows you to choose a preset theme for your document, or create and save your own theme.
Name | Image | Description |
Theme list |  | Allows you to select a preformatted theme |
Color scheme pull-down menu |  | Allows you to select a color scheme |
Font scheme pull-down menu |  | Allows you to select a font scheme |
Browse button |  | Opens the browse dialog box |
Save theme button |  | Saves your custom settings as a new theme |
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