IBM Lotus Symphony


Font effects

Specify the font effects that you want to use.

To access this command...

Choose Layout - Properties - Text Properties - Font Effects tab

Choose Layout - Style List - open context menu of an entry and choose Modify... or New... - Font Effects tab

The changes are applied to the current selection, to the entire word that contains the cursor, or to the new text that you type.

Underlining

Select the underlining style that you want to apply. To apply the underlining to words only, select the Individual Words box.

Note Icon If you apply underlining to a superscript text, the underlining is raised to the level of the superscript. If the superscript is contained in a word with normal text, the underlining is not raised.

Icon on the Formatting Bar:

{ENTER ALTERNATE DESCRIPTION HERE} Underline

Color

Select the color for the underlining.

Effects

Select the font effects that you want to apply.

Effects

The following capitalization effects are available:

Strikethrough

Select a strikethrough style for the selected text.

Note Icon If you save your document in MS Word format, all of the strikethrough styles are converted to the single line style.

Individual words

Applies the selected effect only to words and ignores spaces.

Outlines

Displays the outline of the selected characters. This effect does not work with every font.

Shadows

Adds a shadow that casts below and to the right of the selected characters.

Blinking

Makes the selected characters blink. You cannot change the blink frequency.

Hidden

Hides the selected characters. To display the hidden text, ensure that Non-printing Characters is selected in the View menu. You can also choose File - Preferences - Symphony - Lotus Symphony Documents - Formatting Aids and select Hidden text.

Preview Field

Displays a preview of the current selection.

Asian Language Support

These commands can only be accessed after you enable support for Asian languages in File - Preferences - Symphony - Language Settings - Languages.

Emphasis mark

Select a character to display over or below the entire length of the selected text.

Position

Specify where to display the emphasis marks.

Relief

Select a relief effect to apply to the selected text. The embossed relief makes the characters appear as if they are raised above the page. The engraved relief makes the characters appear as if they are pressed into the page.

Font Color

Sets the color for the selected text. If you select Automatic, the text color is set to black for light backgrounds and to white for dark backgrounds.

Warning Icon The text color is ignored when printing, if the Print black check box is selected in File - Preferences - Symphony - Lotus Symphony Documents - Print .
Warning Icon The text color is ignored on screen, if the Use automatic font color for screen display check box is selected in File - Preferences - Symphony - Accessibility .

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