Quickly Displaying the Font Dialog Box

Summary: Want to quickly format some text in your document? Select, right-click, and make a selection, and you can get to the heart of character formatting. This tip shows how easy it is! (This tip works with Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Word 2003, and Word 2007.)

If you want to quickly format some characters in your document, try this trick:

Select the characters you want to format.
Right-click on the selected characters. A Context menu appears.
Select Font from the Context menu. Word displays the Font tab of the Font dialog box appears. (Click here to see a related figure.)
Format your characters.
Click on OK.

Tip #1212 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

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