There are several keyboard shortcuts which you can use to make common changes to character formatting. After selecting the text, you can use these key combinations to toggle each attribute.

The Format toolbar also has buttons which you can use to toggle these same attributes.

The following table details each attribute, the toolbar buttons and the keyboard shortcuts.

If you have many changes to make, you can also use a dialog box to set these same attributes.

You can open the Select Font dialog box in one of three ways:

Either method will open a dialog box

Using this dialog box, you can select the font, size, italics and boldface options from the top three list boxes.

The preview box along the middle of the dialog, will show you how your current settings will appear.

If you click the tab labeled Highlighting , the dialog changes to:

The subsection labeled Underlining: has two combo boxes and a color selector box. In the left most combo box select between no underline ( None ), Single , Simple Bold , Double or Wave underlining.

Use the center combo box to select the style of underlining (Solid line, dashed line, etc.).

Use the right color selector box to select a color for the underline using the color selection dialog box.

The subsection labeled Strikethrough: has two combo boxes. Use the left combo box to select between no strikethrough ( None ), Single , Double or Simple Bold strikethrough. Use the right combo box to select the line style.

The checkbox labeled Word by word determines how underlining and strikethrough are drawn.

The section labeled Capitalization lets you select one of four special capitalization options. This will change the capitalization of the selected text. Examples of each scheme are shown below.

The third tab labeled Decoration allows you to change the color of the font, change the background color and create artificial shadows for your characters. Click on the tab:

Using the buttons labeled Text color: and Background color: you can change the color of the text or the background behind the text.

To create the illusion of a shadow behind your text, select the color you want your shadow by clicking the button labeled Shadow color: . Then select the distance between the shadow and the text using the spin box labeld Shadow & distance: . Finally, select the direction of your shadow by selecting one of the eight red squares. A preview of your shadow appears at the bottom of the dialog box.

The fourth tab labeled Layout allows you to create superscripts and subscripts. It also lets you select automatic hyphenation on a character by character basis.

The section labeled Position has four radio buttons and two spin boxes. Selecting Normal , produces text of normal height and at the normal vertical position. Selecting Superscript or Subscript will convert the currently selected text. If you select Custom , you can use the spin box labeled Offset: to move the selected text up or down relative to normal text alignment. Look at the example below:

Notice how a positive offset raises the text, and a negative offset lowers the text.

You can also use the spinbox labeled Relative size: to make the selected font larger or smaller.

The checkbox labeld Auto hyphenation is used to toggle automatic hyphenation on or off for the selected text.

The fifth tab labeled Language allows you to change the language. Click on the tab:

You can select the language to use on the selected text with the drop down box. If the selected text allows for automatic hyphenation, KWord will use general rules of spelling for the selected language to automatically hyphenate the selected text.

Clicking OK will commit your changes to the document and close the dialog box.

Clicking Apply will commit your changes to the document but keep the dialog box open.

Clicking Reset will restore the default settings to the selected text.

Clicking Cancel will abort all changes made.