Character formatting differentiates individual characters or words in a topic. Using the WYSIWYG Editor, you can change font types, sizes, and color, as well as bold, italicize, and underline text.
Character formatting is different from applying formatting using style
sheets. When you apply character formatting using the Format menu such
as the or the WYSIWYG toolbar (such as bold or font size
), you override any style
sheet used and the formatting becomes inline.
This means that if you apply character formatting and then change your
style sheet later, the text with character formatting applied won't be
updated.
Select (highlight) the text and then apply the formatting to it from the WYSIWYG toolbar or the Format menu.
Tip: When you apply character formats, only the selected characters change. If you want to change the characteristics of the entire paragraph or a range of paragraphs, apply paragraph styles. For details, see Formatting with styles and style sheets.