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<sect1 id="format-characters">
<sect1info>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Mike</firstname>
<surname>McBride</surname>
</author>
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</authorgroup>
</sect1info>
<title>Formatting Characters</title>
<indexterm><primary>text</primary><secondary>formatting</secondary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>font</primary><secondary>formatting</secondary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>formatting text</primary></indexterm>

<para>This section will cover the changes that can be made to individual characters or
blocks of characters including:</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><link linkend="change-font">Character size</link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="change-font">Font</link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="change-font">Font style (italic, bold, etc).</link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="change-font">Underlines, superscript, subscript, strikeout, etc.</link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="change-font">Character color and background color.</link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="change-font-case">Character case.</link></para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

<sect2 id="change-font">
<title>Changing Size, Font, Font Style, Text color and Background Color</title>
<indexterm><primary>text</primary><secondary>change size</secondary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>change text size</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>text</primary><secondary>change font</secondary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>change text font</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>text</primary><secondary>change color</secondary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>change text color</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>text</primary><secondary>change background color</secondary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>change text background color</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>text</primary><secondary>bold</secondary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>bold text</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>text</primary><secondary>italicized</secondary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>italicized text</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>text</primary><secondary>underlined</secondary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>underlined text</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>text</primary><secondary>strikethrough</secondary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>strikethrough text</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>text</primary><secondary>superscript</secondary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>superscript text</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>text</primary><secondary>subscript</secondary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>subscript text</primary></indexterm>


<sect3 id="change-font-keyboard">
<title>Using the Keyboard or toolbars</title>

<para>There are several keyboard shortcuts which you can use to make
common changes to character formatting. After selecting the text, you
can use these key combinations to toggle each attribute.</para>

<para>The <guilabel>Format</guilabel> toolbar also has buttons which you can use to
toggle these same attributes.  </para>

<para>The following table details each attribute, the toolbar buttons
and the keyboard shortcuts.</para>

<informaltable frame="all"><tgroup cols="3" align="left">
<thead>
<row><entry align="right">Attribute</entry><entry align="center">Toolbar
Button</entry><entry align="center">Key Combo</entry></row>
</thead><tbody>
<row><entry align="right">Font Size</entry><entry align="center"><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="chsizebut.png" format="PNG" align="center"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject></entry><entry align="center">
<para>Decrease font size: <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>&lt;</keycap></keycombo></para> <para>Increase font size: <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>&gt;</keycap></keycombo></para></entry></row>
<row><entry align="right">Font</entry><entry align="center"><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="chfontbut.png" format="PNG" align="center"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject></entry><entry align="center">-</entry></row>
<row><entry align="right">Bold Face</entry><entry align="center"><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="bold.png" format="PNG" align="center"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject></entry><entry align="center"><keycombo>&Ctrl;<keycap>B</keycap></keycombo></entry></row>
<row><entry align="right">Italics</entry><entry align="center"><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="ital.png" format="PNG" align="center"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject></entry><entry align="center"><keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>I</keycap></keycombo></entry></row>
<row><entry align="right">Underline</entry><entry align="center"><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="undl.png" format="PNG" align="center"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject></entry><entry align="center"><keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>U</keycap></keycombo></entry></row>
<row><entry align="right">Strikethrough</entry><entry align="center"><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="stkout.png" format="PNG" align="center"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject></entry><entry align="center">-</entry></row>
<row><entry align="right">Superscript</entry><entry align="center"><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="supscbut.png" format="PNG" align="center"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject></entry><entry align="center">-</entry></row>
<row><entry align="right">Subscript</entry><entry align="center"><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="subscbut.png" format="PNG" align="center"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject></entry><entry align="center">-</entry></row>
<row><entry align="right">Font Color</entry><entry align="center"><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="chcolorbut.png" format="PNG" align="center"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject></entry><entry align="center">-</entry></row>

</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>

<note>
<para>You cannot change the all text attributes using the keyboard or a button on a 
toolbar. For these attributes, you must <link linkend="change-font-dialog">use the dialog
box</link>.</para>
</note>

</sect3>

<sect3 id="change-font-dialog">
<title>Using the Dialog Box</title>

<para>If you have many changes to make, you can also use a dialog box to
set these same attributes.</para>

<para>You can open the <guilabel>Select Font</guilabel> dialog box in one of three
ways:</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Select <menuchoice>
<guimenu>Format</guimenu><guimenuitem>Font...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
from the menubar.</para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para>Click on the selected text with the &RMB;.  A small menu will appear.  Select <guimenuitem>Font...</guimenuitem> from the
menu.</para>
</listitem>


<listitem>
<para>You can use the keyboard shortcut:
<keycombo>&Alt;&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para>Either method will open a dialog box</para>

<screenshot>
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<imagedata fileref="fchardlg.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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<para>Using this dialog box, you can select the font, size, 
italics and boldface options from the top three list boxes.</para>

<para>The preview box along the middle of the dialog, will show you how your current
settings will appear.</para>

<tip><para>If the default preview string is not appropriate, you can change it by clicking once
inside the preview box with the &LMB;.  A text cursor will appear. You can edit the text to suit your needs.</para>
<para>The sample sentence will revert to the default the next time you
open this dialog.</para>
</tip>

<para>If you click the tab labeled <guilabel>Highlighting</guilabel>, the dialog changes to:</para>

<screenshot>
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<para>The subsection labeled <guilabel>Underlining:</guilabel> has two combo boxes and a color selector box. 
In the left most combo box select between
no underline (<guilabel>None</guilabel>), <guilabel>Single</guilabel>, <guilabel>Simple Bold</guilabel>, 
<guilabel>Double</guilabel> or <guilabel>Wave</guilabel> underlining.  </para>

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<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="exul.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
<!--<caption><para>Examples of three underline styles</para></caption>-->
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<para>Use the center combo box to select the style of underlining (Solid line, dashed line, etc.).</para>
<para>Use the right color selector box to select a color for the underline using the
<link linkend="select-colors">color selection dialog box</link>.  </para>

<para>The subsection labeled <guilabel>Strikethrough:</guilabel> has two combo boxes.
Use the left combo box to select between
no strikethrough (<guilabel>None</guilabel>), <guilabel>Single</guilabel>, <guilabel>Double</guilabel> or 
<guilabel>Simple Bold</guilabel> strikethrough.  Use the right combo box to select the line style.</para>

<screenshot>
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<imagedata fileref="exst.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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<para>The checkbox labeled <guilabel>Word by word</guilabel> determines how underlining and strikethrough are drawn.</para>

<screenshot>
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<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="wbw.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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</screenshot>

<para>The section labeled <guilabel>Capitalization</guilabel> lets you select one of four special capitalization options.  
This will change the capitalization of the selected text.  Examples of each scheme are shown below.</para>

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<imagedata fileref="chcase.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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<note><para>The changes to capilalization will only affect the selected text at the current moment.  This formatting is not enforced after closing the dialog box.</para></note>

<para>The third tab labeled <guilabel>Decoration</guilabel> allows you to change the color of the font, change the background color and create artificial shadows for your characters.  Click on the tab:</para>

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<imagedata fileref="fchardlg3.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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<para>Using the buttons labeled <guilabel>Text color:</guilabel> and <guilabel>Background color:</guilabel> you can change the color of the text or the background behind the text.</para>

<para>To create the illusion of a shadow behind your text, select the color you want your shadow by clicking the button labeled <guilabel>Shadow color:</guilabel>.  Then select the distance between the shadow and 
the text using  the spin box labeld <guilabel>Shadow &amp; distance:</guilabel>.  Finally, select the direction of your shadow by 
selecting one of the eight red squares.  A preview of your shadow appears at the bottom of the dialog box.</para>

<para>The fourth tab labeled <guilabel>Layout</guilabel> allows you to create superscripts and subscripts.  It also lets you select automatic hyphenation on a character by character basis.</para>

<screenshot>
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<para>The section labeled <guilabel>Position</guilabel> has four radio buttons and two spin boxes.  Selecting <guilabel>Normal</guilabel>, produces text of normal height and at the normal vertical position.  Selecting <guilabel>Superscript</guilabel> or <guilabel>Subscript</guilabel> will convert the currently selected text.  If you select <guilabel>Custom</guilabel>, you can use the spin box labeled <guilabel>Offset:</guilabel> to move the selected text up or down relative to normal text alignment.  Look at the example below:</para>

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<para>Notice how a positive offset raises the text, and a negative offset lowers the text.</para>

<para>You can also use the spinbox labeled <guilabel>Relative size:</guilabel> to make the selected font larger or smaller.</para>

<para>The checkbox labeld <guilabel>Auto hyphenation</guilabel> is used to toggle automatic hyphenation on or off for the selected text.</para>

<para>The fifth tab labeled <guilabel>Language</guilabel> allows you to change the language. Click on the tab:</para>

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<imagedata fileref="fchardlg5.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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<para>You can select the language to use on the selected text with the drop down box.  If the selected text allows for automatic hyphenation, 
&kword; will use general rules of spelling for the selected language to automatically hyphenate the selected text.</para>

<para>Clicking <guibutton>OK</guibutton> will commit your changes to the
document and close the dialog box.</para>

<para>Clicking <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> will commit your changes to the
document but keep the dialog box open.</para>

<para>Clicking <guibutton>Reset</guibutton> will restore the default settings to the selected text.</para>

<para>Clicking <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> will abort all changes
made.</para>

</sect3>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="change-font-case">
<title>Changing Font Case</title>
<indexterm><primary>text</primary><secondary>changing case</secondary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>change case of text</primary></indexterm>

<para>&kword; can change the case (uppercase or lowercase) of large blocks of text to one of five pre-defined styles.  
Begin by selecting the block of text you want changed.  Select <menuchoice>
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Change Case...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
from the menubar.</para>
<para>A small dialog box will appear with five options:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Uppercase</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Will convert all characters to uppercase.</para>
<para>Example: KWORD WILL AUTOMATICALLY CHANGE CASES.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Lowercase</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Will convert all characters to lowercase.</para>
<para>Example: kword will automatically change cases.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Title case</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Will capitalize every word.</para>
<para>Example: Kword Will Automatically Change Cases.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Toggle case</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Converts all lowercase letters to uppercase <emphasis>and</emphasis>
converts all uppercase letters to lowercase.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Sentence case</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Capitalizes the first character after a period.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

<para>When you have selected the desired options click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> and &kword; will make the changes.</para>



</sect2>


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