Abiword allows you to change the appearance of your text in a number of ways. You can select rom a number of fonts, sizes, as well as choosing effects such as bold text, italics, underlining, and so on. You can also change the colour of the text foreground and background.
Abiword allows you to change the format of existing text. This is done by first highlighting the text that you want to change, and then applying one or more formatting commands to the highlighted text. Whenever you have text highlighted in Abiword, any commands that you choose will be applied only to the formatted text.
There are two ways to highlight text. One way is to use the mouse, the other uses the keyboard.
To highlight text using the keyboard:
Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the beginning point where you want to begin selecting text.
Hold down the <Shift> key and use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the end of the text that you wish to select. You will notice that the text background of the selected text is shaded a different colour.
After you have selected the desired text, any formatting commands that you select from the menu or toolbars will be applied only to the selected text.
To highlight text using the mouse
Use the mouse to move the mouse pointer to the beginning of the text that you want to highlight.
Hold down the left mouse button, and then move the mouse pointer to the end of the text that you want to highlight.You will notice that the text background of the selected text is shaded a different colour.
After you have selected the desired text, any formatting commands that you select from the menu or toolbars will be applied only to the selected text.