Forgive me but I am a clueless newbie. I tried to resize the font in a word
document. The formatting panel and the toolbar show that it's been resized
but the font doesn't display as the new size. Why? Any help would be
appreciated.
Thanks.

Ah, this caught me out too, at first. If you already have some text in your
document, you have to Mark it before changing the font size.

Bert
www.bertcoules.co.uk

A minor rephrasing - highlight the text. (Since the OP is a clueless
"newbie" (his words, not mine) he might not understand marking text. Even
I've never heard it phrased that way.)

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Bert Coules" wrote in message
...
Ah, this caught me out too, at first. If you already have some text in
your document, you have to Mark it before changing the font size.

Bert
www.bertcoules.co.uk

JoAnn Paules wrote:

A minor rephrasing - highlight the text. (Since the OP is a clueless
"newbie" (his words, not mine) he might not understand marking text. Even
I've never heard it phrased that way.)

Thanks for that. In truth, I wasn't sure of the correct phrase. My years
of using WordPerfect almost led me to write "block the text" but I knew that
wasn't right. "Select the text" was my next choice, but I thought that was
ambiguous too.

So "highlight the text" is the proper usage, is it?

Bert
www.bertcoules.co.uk

I would be inclined to say "Select the text" as "Highlighting text" is term
given to applying a background colour using the electronic equivalent of a
highlighter.

Or, to give specific instructions:

Left click with the mouse at the beginning of the text that you wish to do
something with, then move the mouse cursor (the thing that looks like a big
I and moves when you move the mouse) to the end of the text and then hold
down the Shift key and click the Left mouse button.

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Bert Coules" wrote in message
...
JoAnn Paules wrote:

A minor rephrasing - highlight the text. (Since the OP is a clueless
"newbie" (his words, not mine) he might not understand marking text. Even
I've never heard it phrased that way.)

Thanks for that. In truth, I wasn't sure of the correct phrase. My years
of using WordPerfect almost led me to write "block the text" but I knew
that wasn't right. "Select the text" was my next choice, but I thought
that was ambiguous too.

So "highlight the text" is the proper usage, is it?

Bert
www.bertcoules.co.uk

Doug Robbins wrote:

I would be inclined to say "Select the text" as "Highlighting text" is
term given to applying a background colour using the electronic equivalent
of a highlighter.

I thought that was the case. Thanks.

Just as a final thought: toddblack, if you want resize *all* the text in a
document you can Select the whole lot by pressing the Control and "A" keys
simultaneously.

Bert
www.bertcoules.co.uk

Yep - that is better. :-)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
I would be inclined to say "Select the text" as "Highlighting text" is term
given to applying a background colour using the electronic equivalent of a
highlighter.

Or, to give specific instructions:

Left click with the mouse at the beginning of the text that you wish to do
something with, then move the mouse cursor (the thing that looks like a
big I and moves when you move the mouse) to the end of the text and then
hold down the Shift key and click the Left mouse button.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Bert Coules" wrote in message
...
JoAnn Paules wrote:

A minor rephrasing - highlight the text. (Since the OP is a clueless
"newbie" (his words, not mine) he might not understand marking text.
Even I've never heard it phrased that way.)

Thanks for that. In truth, I wasn't sure of the correct phrase. My
years of using WordPerfect almost led me to write "block the text" but I
knew that wasn't right. "Select the text" was my next choice, but I
thought that was ambiguous too.

So "highlight the text" is the proper usage, is it?

Bert
www.bertcoules.co.uk

"Select" is actually the MS-approved term, but we often use "highlight"
(even though it is incorrect and, as Doug points out, applies to something
else entirely) because many users are more familiar with that term.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Bert Coules" wrote in message
...
JoAnn Paules wrote:

A minor rephrasing - highlight the text. (Since the OP is a clueless
"newbie" (his words, not mine) he might not understand marking text.
Even
I've never heard it phrased that way.)

Thanks for that. In truth, I wasn't sure of the correct phrase. My years
of using WordPerfect almost led me to write "block the text" but I knew
that
wasn't right. "Select the text" was my next choice, but I thought that
was
ambiguous too.

So "highlight the text" is the proper usage, is it?

Bert
www.bertcoules.co.uk

Thanks, Suzanne.

Bert
www.bertcoules.co.uk