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MS Office Forum / Word / Page Layout / June 2004Need help on changing text size
This is what I want to do: with a document that contains different text sizes, I want to globally alter size, while preserving those differences. Basically, I want to globally add or subtract from txt size. Er, let me rephrase this. Suppose I have a document in which most of the text is 10pt., and the rest is 12pt. I want the difference in text size to be preserved, but I need to increase the size of all of the text. So I want to have 14 and 16pt. text in my document. Is there a way to do this, globally? What I'm doing now is highlighting a portion of text, and changing its size. What I want to do is select the entire document, and increase the size of all text by 4 points. Is this possible? > This is what I want to do: with a document that contains different text > sizes, I want to globally alter size, while preserving those differences. > Basically, I want to globally add or subtract from txt size. Hi Luke. Yes, it is possible. Press Ctrl+A to select the entire document, then press Ctrl+] (that's the right bracket) to increase the font size by 1 point, or Ctrl+[ (that's the left bracket) to decrease the font size by 1 point. > Er, let me rephrase this. Suppose I have a document in which most of the > text is 10pt., and the rest is 12pt. I want the difference in text size to [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >>sizes, I want to globally alter size, while preserving those differences. >>Basically, I want to globally add or subtract from txt size. Alternatively, you can use Ctrl+> and Ctrl+< to increase/decrease the font size to the next listed size. If the difference escapes you, look at the font size list: Using Ctrl+] will increase 12-pt text to 13 points, while Ctrl+> will increase it to 14. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word)  SignatureWords into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Hi Luke. Yes, it is possible. Press Ctrl+A to select the entire > document, then press Ctrl+] (that's the right bracket) to increase the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >>sizes, I want to globally alter size, while preserving those differences. > >>Basically, I want to globally add or subtract from txt size. Not a good alternative. The OP's objectives are "difference in text size to be preserved" and "increase the size of all text by 4 points". If some text is 10 point and some 11 point, what happens when you press Ctrl+> ? If the result escapes you, some text that is supposed to be smaller than other text ends up being all the same size, and pressing Ctrl+> a second time enlarges some text by 4 points but other text by only 3 points. > Alternatively, you can use Ctrl+> and Ctrl+< to increase/decrease the font > size to the next listed size. If the difference escapes you, look at the [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > >>>>Basically, I want to globally add or subtract from txt size. I suspect the OP wants the *proportional* difference of the text size preserved. If you increase 10 pt and 36 pt text to 14 and 40, the proportional difference is not the same. I was not suggesting that the other shortcuts will do this, either, just pointing out that they exist. I don't know of any simple way of increasing a variety of font sizes proportionally. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) SignatureWords into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Not a good alternative. The OP's objectives are "difference in text > size to be preserved" and "increase the size of all text by 4 points". [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] > > > >>>>Basically, I want to globally add or subtract from txt size. Besides the Increase/Decrease Size commands, there are a couple of other methods you should be aware of. - In the Edit > Replace dialog, click the More button. With the cursor in the empty Find What box, click the Format button, choose Font, select 12pt in the Size list, and click OK. With the cursor in the empty Replace With box, click Format > Font, select 16pt, and click OK. Click the Replace All button. Repeat with 10pt and 14pt. - Define separate styles for the smaller and larger text, and apply them instead of the "direct" formatting. Then any time you want to change the sizes, just modify the style definitions. Besides being more flexible, this method leads to smaller document files than with direct formatting. >Hi Luke. Yes, it is possible. Press Ctrl+A to select the entire >document, then press Ctrl+] (that's the right bracket) to increase the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >>>sizes, I want to globally alter size, while preserving those differences. >>>Basically, I want to globally add or subtract from txt size. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word Thanks to all of you, very, very much!!! > Besides the Increase/Decrease Size commands, there are a couple of > other methods you should be aware of. [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > Jay Freedman > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word |
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