"Text" Menu
All of the options in this menu change the way text is formatted. The behaviour
follows accepted conventions:
- If an area of text has been selected, the formatting will be applied to
that text.
- If the cursor is positioned over a word, the formatting will affect that
whole word.
- If the cursor is at the end of a line, the formatting will be switched on,
and will be applied to all subsequently typed text until it is switched off.
If you are editing a file other than a Rich Text Format file (i.e. one where
the file name end with ".rtf") then the whole Text menu will be disabled.
Font (Ctrl+Alt+F)
Allows the font, size, style and colour of the text to be changed.
Bold (Ctrl+B)
Italic (Ctrl+I)
Underline (Ctrl+U)
Strikeout (Ctrl+/)
Puts a line through the text, as if it has been crossed out.
Superscript (Ctrl++)
Shifts the text upwards. Often used for powers in maths and for references in
articles.
Subscript (Ctrl+-)
Shifts the text downwards. Often used in chemistry.
Font Size +1 (Ctrl+Alt+=)
Increases the size of the text by one point.
Font Size -1 (Ctrl+Alt+-)
Decreases the size of the text by one point.
Style 1 (Ctrl+Alt+1)
This item, and the next four in this menu, apply whatever text attributes are
specified in the Options window. This give you
instant access to any five text styles you commonly use. They can also be renamed
- the names appear in the menu after the word "Style" and its number,
e.g. "Style 3: Sub Header".
By default, Style 1 is called "Title" and applies the following to
the selected text 18 point, Arial, Bold, and Underlined - good for titles.
Style 2 (Ctrl+Alt+2)
Default: "Header" - 16 point, Arial, Bold and Underlined - good for
the header of a section.
Style 3 (Ctrl+Alt+3)
Default: "Sub Header" - 14 point, Arial, Bold - good for the header
of a subsection.
Style 4 (Ctrl+Alt+4)
Default: "Body Text" - 12 point, Times New Roman - good for the text
in the main body of the work.
Style 5 (Ctrl+Alt+5)
Default: "Typewriter" - 12 point, Courier New - standard for screenplays.
Remove Formatting (Ctrl+Alt+R)
Removes all text formatting, but not paragraph formatting. In other words, all
formatting listed in the "Text" menu (except for the font and font size)
is removed, but all formatting listed in the "Paragraph" menu will remain.