How-To: Change the font of text for continous use. - OpenOffice.org Writer
- It is possible to change the Font styles of text as you write a sentence or paragraph.
- You can do this by changing the currently selected Font Style before typing in your next set of text.
- The currently selected Font Style is indicated here.
- Click on the down-arrow to view the list of available Font Styles.
- For this example we are chosing the font "Arial Black."
- Once done, notice that when you type the next line of text, it should have changed to the font style we have just chosen.
- To change to another Font Style for the next line of text, go back to the Fonts Menu.
- Click again on the down-arrow.
- For this example we are going to revert back to the Font "Times New Roman," which was the original font of the paragraph.
- Click here to scroll down the list and find the font "Times New Roman."
- Once you have found it just click on it once.
- Notice that the Font Style you have selected is always the one indicated in the Fonts Menu.
- Now try and type the next line of text.
- As you can see the font has changed back to "Times New Roman."
- Great! You now know how to change fonts as you type in text.
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Change the Font of text for continous use.
This screencast demonstrates how to change the font of text while writing. You learn:
- How to find the Font Menu.
- How to change the Font Style while continuously writing.
Advanced topics
For related functionality see:
- Change the font of selected text
- Change the font size of selected text
- Change the font size of selected text
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