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Paste

Pastes the content of the clipboard into a carriage position.

Cut

Cuts the selected content and places it in the clipboard.

Copy

Copies the selected content and places it in the clipboard.

Paste Special

Invokes the Paste Special dialog, allowing you to paste the content of the clipboard with a specified formatting.

Font

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Specifies a font for the selected text.

Font Size

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Specifies a font size for the selected text.

Grow Font

Increases the font size of the selected text.

Shrink Font

Decreases the font size of the selected text.

Change Case

Changes the case of the selected text to uppercase or lowercase.

Bold

Makes the selected text bold.

Italic

Italicizes the selected text.

Underline

Draws a line under the selected text.

Double Underline

Draws a double line under the selected text.

Strikethrough

Draws a line through the middle of the selected text.

Double Strikethrough

Draws a double line through the middle of the selected text.

Superscript

Makes the selected text smaller and places it above the line of the text.

Subscript

Makes the selected text smaller and places it below the line of the text.

Font Color

Specifies a color for the selected text.

Text Highlight Color

Specifies a highlight color for the selected text.

Clear Formatting

Removes all formatting from the selection, leaving only plain text.

Font

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Invokes the Font dialog, allowing you to adjust different font options for the selected text.

Bullets

Converts the selected paragraphs into a bulleted list, or inserts a new bulleted list at the carriage position.

Numbering

Converts the selected paragraphs into a numbered list, or inserts a new numbered list at the carriage position.

Multilevel List

Converts the selected paragraphs into a multilevel list, or inserts a new multilevel list at the carriage position.

Decrease Indent

Decreases the indent level of the paragraph or the hierarchical level of the multilevel list's items.

Increase Indent

Increases the indent level of the paragraph or the hierarchical level of the multilevel list's items.

Show/Hide ¶

Shows or hides paragraph marks and other non-printable characters.

Align Text Left

Aligns the current paragraph to the left.

Center

Centers the selected paragraphs.

Align Text Right

Aligns the selected paragraphs to the right.

Justify

Aligns the text of the selected paragraphs to both the left and right margins, adding extra space between words as necessary.

Line Spacing

Changes the spacing between the lines of the selected paragraphs.
The amount of space added before and after the paragraphs can also be specified.

Shading

Specifies a background color for the selected paragraphs.

Paragraph

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Invokes the Paragraph dialog, allowing you to adjust different layout options for the selected paragraphs.

Quick Styles

Applies a style to the selected text.

A style is a group of formatting options. All options are applied to text or a paragraph at once when you apply a style.
Styles allow you to change text and paragraph appearance quicker than setting each formatting option individually.

Modify Style

Invokes the Modify Style dialog, allowing you to change the formatting options of the selected style.

Find

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Invokes the Find and Replace dialog that allows you to find the specified text in a document.

Replace

Invokes the Find and Replace dialog that allows you to find the specified text in a document and replace it with other text.