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The background color the kids added made the text a little more
difficult to see. Fortunately, there were lots of ways to fix this.
The kids could make the text bigger, change its color, or choose
a different font style. What did they decide to do?
All three! Formatting text was loads of fun - and easy, too! The
class experimented with FrontPage 2000 until they found the perfect
size, color, and style for their text. Once they had one section
of text just right, Mr. Clark used the Format Painter to apply the
same formatting to text in other parts of the report.
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To add text to your Web page:
1) If you are not in Page View, click the Page button on the Views bar.
2) Click the Normal tab at the bottom of the page.
3) Insert the cursor into the blank page.
4) Type your text.
TIP: You can make the text bold, italic, underlined, left justified
or right justified. Just select the text with your mouse, then click
the appropriate button on the Format toolbar.
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Once you've put text on your page, you can change its style, color, size,
and more.
To change your font style:
1) Select the text.
2) Click the arrow button next to the Font display. A drop-down list appears with various font styles.
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3) Click the font style of your choice.
To change your text color:
1) Select the text.
2) Click the arrow button next to the Font Color button. A Color menu appears.
3) Click the color of your choice from the Standard Color palette. Or, select from a larger color palette by clicking More Colors.
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To change your font size:
1) Select the text.
2) Click the arrow button next to the Font Size display. A drop-down list appears with various font sizes.
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3) Click the font size of your choice.
TIP: To undo your most recent action, click the Undo button on
the Standard toolbar. This feature gives you a chance to experiment
- and Undo your changes with ease.
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If you create a text format you really like, you can copy it and apply
it to other text. For example, let's say you've created a sub-heading
in Arial, 12-pt, bold text. You can use Format Painter to consistently
apply this format to all your sub-headings.
To copy the format of your text:
1) Select the text with the format you want to copy.
2) Click the Format Painter button on the Standard toolbar. The cursor turns into a paintbrush.
3) Use the paintbrush to select another body of text. This "paints" the text with the same format as the text you selected in Step 1.
