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(Word 03 SP2)

Is there a way to apply a font change to an entire document, as in
"decrease/increase font size by two points, or four points," etc? I want to
avoid repeatedly selecting areas of text and then selecting font sizes from
the toolbar.

Thanks,
-K
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There are built-in commands for this. The Grow Font and Shrink Font commands
are assigned the default shortcuts Ctrl+ and Ctrl+ and these will increase
or decrease the size of each character to the next/previous size on the font
size dropdown. The Grow Font One Point and Shrink Font One Point commands
are assigned the default shortcuts Ctrl+] and Ctrl+[ and these will increase
or decrease the size by one point at a time.

If different parts of the selected text have different sizes, they'll be
affected separately. For example, if you have selected some text in 8 pt and
some in 14 pt, and you apply Grow Font to the whole selection, the pieces
become 9 pt and 16 pt respectively.

For your request, just select the whole document (Ctrl+A) and then press the
appropriate shortcut.

Although by default these commands aren't on a toolbar or menu, you can put
them there with the procedures in
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...oToToolbar.htm.

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kondilemma wrote:
(Word 03 SP2)

Is there a way to apply a font change to an entire document, as in
"decrease/increase font size by two points, or four points," etc? I
want to avoid repeatedly selecting areas of text and then selecting
font sizes from the toolbar.

Thanks,
-K



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Default Reducing or increasing font size across whole document

Perfect! Just what I wanted to hear, Jay. An EASY way to make the changes
across my documents.
Thanks for the quick reply.

--Brad aka "K"

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

There are built-in commands for this. The Grow Font and Shrink Font commands
are assigned the default shortcuts Ctrl+ and Ctrl+ and these will increase
or decrease the size of each character to the next/previous size on the font
size dropdown. The Grow Font One Point and Shrink Font One Point commands
are assigned the default shortcuts Ctrl+] and Ctrl+[ and these will increase
or decrease the size by one point at a time.

If different parts of the selected text have different sizes, they'll be
affected separately. For example, if you have selected some text in 8 pt and
some in 14 pt, and you apply Grow Font to the whole selection, the pieces
become 9 pt and 16 pt respectively.

For your request, just select the whole document (Ctrl+A) and then press the
appropriate shortcut.

Although by default these commands aren't on a toolbar or menu, you can put
them there with the procedures in
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...oToToolbar.htm.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

kondilemma wrote:
(Word 03 SP2)

Is there a way to apply a font change to an entire document, as in
"decrease/increase font size by two points, or four points," etc? I
want to avoid repeatedly selecting areas of text and then selecting
font sizes from the toolbar.

Thanks,
-K




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