IBM Lotus Symphony
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Specify the font effects that you want to use.
To access this command... Choose Layout - Properties - Text Properties - Effects tab Choose Layout - Style List to open the Style sidebar and choose Modify/New - 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.
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.
To change the color of a text selection, select the text that you want to change, and click the Font Color icon. To apply a different color, click the arrow next to the Font Color icon, and then select the color that you want to use.
If you click the Font Color icon before you select text, the paint can cursor appears. To change the color of text, select the text with the paint can cursor. To change the color of a single word, double-click in a word. To apply a different color, click the arrow next to the Font Color icon, and then select the color that you want to use.
To undo the last change, right-click.
To exit the paint can mode, click once, or press the Escape key.
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The text color is ignored when printing, if the Print black check box is selected in File - Preferences - Symphony - Lotus Symphony Documents - Print . |
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The text color is ignored on screen, if the Use automatic font color for screen display check box is selected in File - Preferences - Lotus® Symphony™ - Accessibility . |
Select the font effects that you want to apply. The following capitalization effects are available:
Without - no effect is applied
Capitals - changes the selected lowercase characters to uppercase characters
Lowercase - changes the selected uppercase characters to lower characters
Title - changes the first character of each selected word to an uppercase character
Small capitals - changes the selected lowercase characters to uppercase characters, and then reduces their size
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.
Displays the outline of the selected characters. This effect does not work with every font.
Adds a shadow that casts below and to the right of the selected characters.
Makes the selected characters blink. You cannot change the blink frequency.
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.
Select the underlining style that you want to apply. To apply the underlining to words only, select the Individual words box.
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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. |
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Underline |
Select the color for the underlining.
Applies the selected effect only to words and ignores spaces.
Select a strikethrough style for the selected text.
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If you save your document in MS Word format, all of the strikethrough styles are converted to the single line style. |
Displays a preview of the current selection.
The following commands can be accessed only after you enable support for Asian languages in File - Preferences - Language Settings - Languages.
Select a character to display over or below the entire length of the selected text.
Specify where to display the emphasis marks.