Microsoft Word Tips
and Tricks
Reveal and Adjust Text Formatting in Word 2002
The
Styles and Formatting task pane can provide you with
formatting information about your document. To access this
task pane, on the Format menu, click Styles and
Formatting.
When Available formatting is selected in the Show
box in this task pane, you can see the formatting used in
your document, including styles you've created and default
heading styles. You can also show all styles in the task
pane, or define a custom view.
To
make adjustments to the formatting in your Word document:
1.
On the
Format menu, click Reveal Formatting.
2.
Select
the text whose formatting you want to review. The formatting
information will appear in the Reveal Formatting task
pane.
3.
Now,
you have several formatting options:
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To
change any formatting properties, such as the font, click
the hyperlinked text in the task pane, and then change any
options you want in the dialog box that appears.
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To
determine the formatting source, such as whether the
formatting comes from a style, select the Distinguish
style source check box.
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To
show formatting marks, such as paragraph marks and tabs,
select the Show all formatting marks check box.
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To
format a text selection so it matches the text that
surrounds it, select the text. Point to the Selected text
box, click the arrow, and then click Apply Formatting of
Surrounding Text.
Editor's Note:
It's easy to select all text with the same formatting in
your Word 2002 document using the Styles and Formatting
task pane. This can be helpful for viewing the text,
changing its formatting, or deleting it. To select all text
with the same formatting, open the Styles and Formatting
task pane, and then, in your document, click a word that's
formatted like the text you want to select. (The formatting
description will appear under Formatting of selected text
in the Styles and Formatting task pane.) In the
Styles and Formatting task pane, click Select All.
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