Format background colors and characters in Word

Introduce how to format background colors and characters in Word. Method 1: Use the standard toolbar. - Select the Home tab - in the Font section select the necessary formats for characters including: + B: bold. + I: italicize. + U: underline

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Method 1: Use the standard toolbar.
Method 2: Use the Font dialog box.
Method 3: Use the quick toolbar.

The following article introduces you in detail how to format the background color and characters in Word.

- Select the Home tab -> in Font section to select necessary formats for characters including:

+ B: bold

+ I: italicize.

+ U: underline

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: Select a dash style.

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: Format subscript and superscript.

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: Create effects for characters.

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: Create a background color for the characters

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: Create color for characters

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: Format in uppercase or lowercase for characters.

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: Zoom in, zoom out the character.

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: Delete all formatting of characters.

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- For example, bold, italic format -> click on the B and I symbols -> results:

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- For example, fill the background color with the character click on the Text icon hightlight color -> select the color to be filled:

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- Fill the character -> click on the Font Color icon -> select the color to create for the character:

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- Results after coloring:

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- Convert characters to uppercase -> click the Change Case icon -> select the type to convert:

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Method 2: Use the Font dialog box.

- To use the Format Font dialog box for the characters that do the following:

Step 1: Go to the Home tab -> click on the arrow below the Font section :

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Step 2: The Font dialog box appears including the following options:

- Font, Font Style, Size: Select a font, font style, font size for characters.

- Font Color: Select the color for characters.

- Section Underline style: The dash format, the color of the dash for characters.

- Effect section : Select effects for characters

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In addition to creating many other effects for the character click on Text Effects -> choose the effect type for the character:

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Results after formatting for characters:

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- Word 2013 supports a quick toolbar that allows users to quickly select different formats for characters. To quickly format characters -> select characters to format -> quick toolbar appears -> select different formats for characters on the quick toolbar: