Modify Font Dialog Box
Use the Modify Font dialog box to modify the appearance of the selected text. The settings available in this dialog box do not affect the currently applied stylesheet. If an option in this dialog box is set to Inherit, the selected text is formatted in accordance with the surrounding text.
• Font — Specifies the name of the font to apply to the element content. Click on any name in the list to choose a font (for example, Times New Roman or Sanserif).
• Size — Specifies a font size to apply to the element content. Choose a size from the list, type the desired size, or a percentage from 10% to 9999%.
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Size is unavailable when the Super / Subscript field is set to Superscript or Subscript.
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• Bold — Applies bold formatting to the element content.
• Italic — Applies italics to the element content.
• Text color — Displays a
color palette from which you can select a color to apply to the element content.
Use the option None to output invisible text. This can be useful for creating white space whose width matches the length of a certain string of text.
• Shading — Displays a
shading palette from which you can select a background color to apply to the element content. You can adjust a font's background shading area in output using the
APTBGHEIGHTPCT and
APTBGDEPTHPCT environment variables.
Use the option None to output transparent shading.
• All caps — Displays all alphabetical characters in element content as capital letters.
• Small caps — Displays all alphabetical characters in element content as small capital letters.
• Super/Subscript — Displays the element content as a superscript, subscript, or as regular text. A superscript character is .69 of the em-space for the specified point size. Superscript characters are offset from the baseline by 0.33 em-spaces. A subscript character is .69 of the em-space for the specified point size. Subscript characters are offset from the baseline by 0.25 em-spaces.
• Hidden — Suppresses element content in final output. To suppress element content in the Editor view, you must clear the
Hidden Content option in the
Arbortext EditorPreferences dialog box.
• Underline Style — Underlines the element content in the line style you select from the following choices:
If you choose Words only from the list, it draws a single, plain rule under the font characters only.
Underline color — Displays a
color palette from which you can select a color to apply to the underline.
Select Text Color to use the same color as the current text.
• Strikethrough Style — Draws a line through each character and space in the element content. You can choose Words only to draw a line through only the font characters but skip the spaces between.
Strikethrough color — Displays a
color palette from which you can select a color to apply to the strikethrough.
Select Text Color to use the same color as the current text.
• Preview — Displays sample text with the specified formatting.
