Part - II Formatting text and Paragraph

Part - II Formatting text and Paragraph . Text formatting A text without any special formatting gives a monotonous appearance. OpenOffice Writer offers a number of choices for formatting such as bold or italics, defining the font, type, and font size. Bold, italic underlined are the most common types of text formatting. Almost all the formatting options are available under the Format menu . . . Changing font style, size and colour A font is a set of characters in a particular style. Changing the default appearance of the text like changing the font type , size, color, style etc., are called as Text formatting . To make the text attractive and more appealing, various formatting like bold, italic and underline can be done by using the following commands given in Table . . Table . Text formatting shortcuts OPERATION ACTION ICON SHORTCUT KEY BOLD Makes the text bold B Ctrl+B ITALICS Italicizes the text I Ctrl +I UNDERLINE Underlines the text U Ctrl +U The default font type is Times New Roman and the type of font can be changed by clicking on the Font Type icon. Trebuchet MS The default size of font is12 points which can be changed by clicking on the Font Size icon . The default font color is black and the font color can be changed by clicking on the Font color icon