The items in this menu button let you apply character tags to text (see
also "Changing Font Styles.") Select the text that you want
to tag, then choose an item from the menu button. For easy access to
the menu choices, choose the dashed horizontal line in this menu
button; this places the entire menu in a separate window.
The character style menu button contains these tags:
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No Style: The font in which all traditional paragraphs (body
paragraphs) will be displayed. A common choice of many viewers is Times
or Helvetica.
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Citation: A font that indicates that the tagged characters are a
citation to another source.
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Code: A font (typically fixed-width) that indicates that the tagged
characters represent programming code.
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Define: A font (often italics) that indicates that the tagged
characters are a definition of a word or phrase.
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Emphasis: A font that makes the tagged characters stand out from the
default font.
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Keyboard: A font that indicates that the tagged characters are those
that a user may enter at a keyboard.
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Sample: A font that indicates that the tagged characters are a sample
(or example) of a previously described item.
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Strong: This may be another font family and weight from the default
font, depending on the viewer. The resulting font will stand out from
the default font.
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Variable: A font that indicates that the tagged characters are not the
literal characters that a user should enter; rather the characters
describe the type of thing a user should enter (e.g., a common variable
is filename).