Bold and Italics

Adding bold to text is one of the most common operations performed in Word. It is used to add emphasis to text or headings.  

Italics are used to add emphasis to a word, sentence, paragraph or section of text. They can be applied to any font which can be scaled, and which is available on your system. You can set italic text using dialog box options, or by using the toolbar buttons.

To format selected text as bold or italic

·       Select the text you wish to format as bold or italic.

·       Click on the Bold or Italic icon in the Formatting toolbar.

To underline selected text in a document

·       Select the text you wish to underline.

·       Click on the Underline icon in the Formatting toolbar.

·       To switch off the underline re-click on the Underline icon in the Formatting toolbar.

To vary the type of underlining applied to selected text

·       Select the text that you wish to underline.

·       Click on the Format drop down menu and select the Font command.

·       Click on the down arrow next to the Underline option. This will display a drop down list of options, as illustrated.

·       Select the required option and then close the dialog box.