General Tools: Home

• Feb 13, 2019
• 3 minutes to read

The Home toolbar contains text formatting and alignment commands.

These commands are divided into the following categories.

• Clipboard
• Font
• Paragraph
• Styles
• Editing

Clipboard

Command	Large Icon	Small Icon	Description
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

Command	Large Icon	Small Icon	Description
Font	none	none	Specifies a font for the selected text.
Font Size	none	none	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	none	none	Invokes the Font dialog, allowing you to adjust different font options for the selected text.

Paragraph

Command	Large Icon	Small Icon	Description
Bullets			Converts the selected paragraphs into a bulleted list, or inserts a new bulleted list into a carriage position.
Numbering			Converts the selected paragraphs into a numbered list, or inserts a new numbered list into a carriage position.
Multilevel List			Converts the selected paragraphs into a multilevel list, or inserts a new multilevel list into a 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	none	none	Invokes the Paragraph dialog, allowing you to adjust different layout options for the selected paragraphs.

Styles

Command	Description
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.

Editing

Command	Large Icon	Small Icon	Description
Find		‘	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.