The Formatting Toolbar offers a variety of shortcuts to make life easier for the user. The following bullet list defines each of the buttons on the Formatting Toolbar.
- Underline
—Click this button if you want to underline some text like this. Underlining can serve as one form of emphasis for the text in your document.
- Strikethrough
—Click this button to strikethrough some text like this. There are a lot of reasons to use the strikethrough button, but the most common is to show revision marks. Striking through some text shows that you plan to delete it when the revisions are accepted.
- Bold
—Click this button to show some text in bold like this. Bold text tends to emphasize the point your trying to make more than italics or underlining will. You'll normally reserve bold for those situations where you want some text to really stand out.
- Italic
—Click this button to show some text in italics like this. You'll normally use italics type when you want to provide a soft emphasis of the text. For example, many writers use italics when they define a word for the first time in a technical document.
- Font
—Click this button if you want to change the current font. Choosing the right font is always difficult and your choice will usually depend on the point you're trying to make. Stick to one or two fonts if you want to maintain a professional appearance in your document.