the formatting of the text. Figure . The Presentation Style dialog box The dialog box for making modifications to a graphics style is shown in Figure . .
Text must be selected before it can be formatted manually. Figure . The Graphics Style modification dialog box Formatting characters To view the character formatting options, select Format → Characteror click the Character button on the Text Formatting toolbar. (If a toolbar with the text icon is not visible, choose View → Toolbars → Text Formatting .) The Character dialog box appears.
Font page Use the Font page, shown in Figure . , to select the desired font type, its base attributes (Italic, Bold, etc.) as well as the size. A sample of the font is displayed in the lower part of the dialog box. You can also specify the language of this style.This page is available when creating or modifying a presentation style or a graphics style.
Figure . The dialog box to set the basic font attributes When writing a presentation in multiple languages, you can make the best of the language setting by creating two styles that only differ in the language but are otherwise the same. This allows you to check the spelling of all of the contents without affecting the appearance. Font Effects page Use the Font Effects page, shown in Figure .
, to apply special effects to the text, such as underlining, color, shadow and so on. A sample of the text is displayed in the lower part of the dialog box allowing a quick visual check of the effects applied. This page is available when creating or modifying a presentation style or a graphics style. Figure .
Applying special effects to the text Position page The Position page, shown in Figure . , has advanced options to customize text. This page is not available when creating or modifying a presentation style or a graphics style. Use this page to set the text position relative to the baseline when you need to insert subscripts or superscripts.
Figure . Setting the character position attributes Formatting paragraphs To