Brother International PDP350CJ Owner's Manual - English - Page 97

Changing Text Style and Format How a character looks on screen and when it is printed is determined by its font, size, style, and other attributes. You can apply character attributes in two ways: S You can select the text that you want to change, then choose the attribute you want; for more information, see Selecting Text" on page 79 in this chapter. S You can choose the attributes you want, then type new text; Word Processing applies the current attribute settings to any text you type. "To change character attributes: 1. Select the text you want to change. 2. Choose Character Attributes from the Character menu. A dialog box appears. 3. Fill in the dialog box, selecting the attributes you want: S Character Weight (%). Select the weight of the characters. You can choose any weight from 75 to 125. S Character Width (%). Select the width of the characters. You can choose any width from 25 to 200. S Character Spacing. Select the spacing between characters. You can choose any spacing from -150 to 500. 4. Click Apply to apply your changes to the highlighted text. 5. Click Close to close the dialog box. Changing fonts Fonts are different typefaces that define how each character appears on screen and when printed. Each character has a unique design that varies from font to font. Word Processing provides the following fonts: S Occidental S Ping Pong S Shattuck Avenue S URW Mono S URW Roman S URW Sans S URW SymbolPS The URW Mono font is most like a typewriter font. It is monospaced; every character uses the same amount of space. The other fonts are proportionallyspaced; the space taken by a character is relative to the character's width. In other words, an i" uses less space than a w." The font you use in a document depends on many factors, including your personal style and the purpose of the text you are formatting. Word Processing 84