What Is Meant by Character Formatting

Character Formatting. Character formatting determines how report text—including letters, numbers, punctuation, and symbols—appears on the screen and in print.

What is called character formatting?

Formatting that you apply to text is referred to as character formatting. In Word documents, you can apply three types of character formatting: Individual character formats including font, font size, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, subscript, superscript, font color, and highlight color.

How do you use character formatting?

  1. Select the Text. When you want to format characters, select the characters first. …
  2. When you select text with your mouse, Word displays the mini toolbar (see. Edit Text). …
  3. Choose a Format. …
  4. Select a Font. …
  5. Change the Point Size. …
  6. Apply a New Color. …
  7. Display the Font Dialog Box. …
  8. Select the Formatting.
Sophia Al-Mansoor

Sophia Al-Mansoor

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