garfield-n-odie said: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.
Luke said: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?
garfield-n-odie said: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.
Luke said: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?
Jay Freedman said: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.
garfield-n-odie said: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.
Luke said: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.
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.
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.
Luke Sineath wrote:
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totext is 10pt., and the rest is 12pt. I want the difference in text size
wantbe preserved, but I need to increase the size of all of the text. So I
differences.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
Basically, I want to globally add or subtract from txt size.
garfield-n-odie said: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
font size list: Using Ctrl+] will increase 12-pt text to 13 points, while
Ctrl+> will increase it to 14.
sizeHi 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.
Luke Sineath wrote:
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
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.