Specify size and formatting of multiline text

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You can change the size and formatting of selected text.

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For example,

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with the first paragraph still selected on the contextual ribbon

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in the style panel, change the text height to nine inches.

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Then in the formatting panel,

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select bold

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and underline

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to change the other paragraphs below the first line into a numbered list,

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first select those paragraphs.

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Then on the contextual ribbon

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in the paragraph panel, expand the bullets and numbering,

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drop down and select numbered.

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Suppose you wanted to add some additional space

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between the first line and the numbered list,

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select the first line of text.

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Then on the contextual ribbon

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in the paragraph panel, expand the line spacing drop down

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here. You see several predefined line spacing options.

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Select 1.5 X.

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You can also control other aspects of the paragraph formatting,

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select all the items in the numbered list.

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Then on the contextual ribbon in the paragraph panel,

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click the paragraph dialogue box launcher to open the paragraph dialogue.

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You can use tools in this dialogue to specify tab stops, indents, paragraph,

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alignment, paragraph spacing

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and paragraph line spacing

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to add space after each numbered paragraph,

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select the paragraph spacing check box.

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Then change the after value to two inches

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and then click. Ok.