Bolding, italics, and underlining text in a text block

You can make text in a text block bold, italic, or underlined.

To bold, italicize or underline text:

1. Double-click within the text block and select the text you want to change.

2. Choose from three ways to apply these attributes:

   • From the Home ribbon, click the appropriate graphic on the Text group on the Home ribbon:

     	Bold
     	Italic
     	Underline

   • From the floating text-attribute toolbar, click the appropriate graphic:

     	Bold
     	Italic
     	Underline

   • Using your keyboard, type the appropriate keyboard shortcut:

     Ctrl+B	Bold
     Ctrl+I	Italic
     Ctrl+U	Underline

See also: Accessing the floating text-attributes toolbar

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