Table 2A: Font formatting commands in MS Word
Font Action to be performed, with examples Shortcut/options
command
1. Font type Select text, click on the Font type drop-down button to select from a list Ctrl + Shift + F
of types.
Examples: Arial, Consolas, Century, Bell MT, Comic Sans
2. Font size Select text, click on the Font Size drop-down button to select the size Ctrl + Shift + P
needed.
Examples: 8pt, 10pt, 12pt, 14pt
3. Bold Select text, click on the Bold command to turn the embolden feature on Ctrl + B
or off.
Example: Font bold on or Font bold off
4. Italics Select text, click on the Italics command to turn the feature on or off. Ctrl + I
Example: Font italics on or Font italics off
5. Underline Select text, click on the Underline command to turn the feature on or off. Ctrl + U
You can click on the Underline drop-down button to choose the type of
line to use.
Examples: Font underline off, underline, double underline, dotted
underline, thick line
6. Select text, click on the Strikethrough command to turn the feature on or
Strikethrough off.
Example: Strikethrough on or Strikethrough off
7. Subscript Type the text you want to appear as subscript first. Then click on the Ctrl + =
Subscript command button to turn the feature on or off.
Example: Normal fontsubscript font
8. Superscript Type the text you want to appear as superscript first. Then click on Ctrl + Shift + =
Superscript command button to turn the feature on or off.
superscript font
Example: Normal font
9. Shadow Select text, click on the Text Effects and Typography command button to
turn the feature on or off. You can click on the Shadow drop-down
button to choose the type of shadow feature and shadow colour.
Examples: , outer shadow, half reflection
10. Text Select text, click on the Text Highlight Color command button to turn the
highlight colour feature on or off. You can click on the Text Highlight Color drop-down
button to choose the colour for the highlight feature.
Examples: yellow highlights, teal highlights, blue highlights
11. Font colour Select text, click on the Font Color command button to turn the feature
on or off. You can click on the Font Color drop-down button to choose
the colour.
Examples: red font, gold font
12. Clear all This removes all the formatting and brings the selecting to the default
formatting setting.
Select the text, click on the Clear All Formatting command button.
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Font Action to be performed, with examples Shortcut/options
command
13. Change Select the text, click on the Change Case command button. A window will Shift+F3
case pop up requesting you to choose the type of case to implement.
Examples: Sentence case, lower case, UPPER CASE, Capitalize Each Word
and tOGGLE cASE
14. Grow Select the text, click on the Grow (Increase Font Size) command button to
(increase font make the font larger, or click on the Shrink (Decrease Font Size)
size) and shrink command button to make the font smaller.
(decrease font
size)
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