Microsoft Office Professional 2010 Step by Step eBook

Working with Text Boxes 905

10. Point to the frame around the text box, and when the pointer changes to a four-
    headed arrow, drag the frame down and to the right, releasing the mouse button
    when the text box coordinates shown on the status bar are 2.00, 2.00 in.
    Tip Publisher can display measurements in inches, centimeters, picas, points, or pixels.
    You can change the unit of measure in the Display section of the Advanced page of the
    Publisher Options dialog box.


11. With the text box still selected, on the Drawing Tools Format tab, in the Shape
    Styles group, click the Shape Fill arrow. Then in the Standard Colors palette,
    click the Orange square.
    See Also For information about applying a different color scheme and using custom
    colors, see “Creating Folded Cards” in Chapter 31, “Create Colorful Cards and Calendars.”


12. Click anywhere within the text in the text box. On the Home tab, in the Editing
    group, click the Select button and then, in the Select list, click Select All Text in
    Text Box.
    Keyboard Shortcut Press Ctrl+A to select all the text in the active text box.


13. On the Home tab, in the Font group, click the Font arrow. Then scroll down the
    Font list and click Verdana.
    Keyboard Shortcut After expanding the Font list you can press the V key to scroll the
    list to the fonts that begin with the letter V.


14. In the Font group, click the Increase Font Size button twice, to increase the font
    size to 12 points.
    Keyboard Shortcut Press Ctrl+> to increase the font size of the selected text.
    Tip If the font is too big, you can click the Decrease Font Size button or press Ctrl+<.
    You can select a specific point size by clicking the Font Size arrow and clicking the size
    in the list, or by selecting the number in the Font Size box and then entering the font
    size you want.


15. In the Font group, click the Font Color arrow, and in the Scheme Colors palette,
    click the white square (Accent 5). Then click anywhere in the text box to release
    the selection.
    Tip To apply the color currently shown on the Font Color button, simply click the
    button (not its arrow).


16. Drag the bottom handle (the square box in the center of the bottom frame) of the
    text box frame upward, releasing the mouse button when the text box dimensions
    shown on the status bar are 5.00 x 1.50 in.
    The Fit Text button appears on the right side of the text box and the text box
    handles turn red to indicate that it is too small to fit its contents. We’ll leave that
    for now.

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