The Home toolbar contains text formatting and alignment commands.
These commands are divided into the following categories.
Clipboard
| Command |
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Description |
| Paste |
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Pastes the content of the clipboard into a carriage position. |
| Cut |
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Cuts the selected content and places it in the clipboard. |
| Copy |
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Copies the selected content and places it in the clipboard. |
| Paste Special |
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Invokes the Paste Special dialog, allowing you to paste the content of the clipboard with a specified formatting. |
Font
| Command |
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Small Icon |
Description |
| Font |
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Specifies a font for the selected text. |
| Font Size |
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Specifies a font size for the selected text. |
| Grow Font |
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Increases the font size of the selected text. |
| Shrink Font |
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Decreases the font size of the selected text. |
| Change Case |
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Changes the case of the selected text to uppercase or lowercase. |
| Bold |
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Makes the selected text bold. |
| Italic |
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Italicizes the selected text. |
| Underline |
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Draws a line under the selected text. |
| Double Underline |
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Draws a double line under the selected text. |
| Strikethrough |
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Draws a line through the middle of the selected text. |
| Double Strikethrough |
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Draws a double line through the middle of the selected text. |
| Superscript |
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Makes the selected text smaller and places it above the line of the text. |
| Subscript |
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Makes the selected text smaller and places it below the line of the text. |
| Font Color |
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Specifies a color for the selected text. |
| Text Highlight Color |
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Specifies a highlight color for the selected text. |
| Clear Formatting |
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Removes all formatting from the selection, leaving only plain text. |
| Font |
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Invokes the Font dialog, allowing you to adjust different font options for the selected text. |
Paragraph
| Command |
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Small Icon |
Description |
| Bullets |
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Converts the selected paragraphs into a bulleted list, or inserts a new bulleted list at the carriage position. |
| Numbering |
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Converts the selected paragraphs into a numbered list, or inserts a new numbered list at the carriage position. |
| Multilevel List |
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Converts the selected paragraphs into a multilevel list, or inserts a new multilevel list at the carriage position. |
| Decrease Indent |
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Decreases the indent level of the paragraph or the hierarchical level of the multilevel list's items. |
| Increase Indent |
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Increases the indent level of the paragraph or the hierarchical level of the multilevel list's items. |
| Show/Hide ¶ |
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Shows or hides paragraph marks and other non-printable characters. |
| Align Text Left |
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Aligns the current paragraph to the left. |
| Center |
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Centers the selected paragraphs. |
| Align Text Right |
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Aligns the selected paragraphs to the right. |
| Justify |
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Aligns the text of the selected paragraphs to both the left and right margins, adding extra space between words as necessary. |
| Line Spacing |
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Changes the spacing between the lines of the selected paragraphs. The amount of space added before and after the paragraphs can also be specified. |
| Shading |
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Specifies a background color for the selected paragraphs. |
| Paragraph |
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none |
Invokes the Paragraph dialog, allowing you to adjust different layout options for the selected paragraphs. |
Styles
| Command |
Description |
| Quick Styles |
Applies a style to the selected text. A style is a group of formatting options. All options are applied to text or a paragraph at once when you apply a style. Styles allow you to change text and paragraph appearance quicker than setting each formatting option individually. |
| Modify Style |
Invokes the Modify Style dialog, allowing you to change the formatting options of the selected style. |
Editing
| Command |
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Small Icon |
Description |
| Find |
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Invokes the Find and Replace dialog that allows you to find the specified text in a document. |
| Replace |
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Invokes the Find and Replace dialog that allows you to find the specified text in a document and replace it with other text. |