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Formatting Text

The Format menu in GINF provides an easy way of formatting your text. The tool-bars also make this easily accessible.

Specifying Font

You can change the font of a text by selecting it and clicking on the font drop-down menu in the tool-bar. Currently only two fonts -- variable width and fixed width are supported.

Specifying Font Size

You change the size of the font in relative HTML by selecting the text and clicking on the font size spin-button in the tool-bar.

Specifying Font Style

You can make your text bold, italic, underlined or striked out by clicking on their respective icons in the tool-bar, or by invoking Format > Font Style submenu.

Specifying Font Colour

You can change the colour of the font by clicking on the colour-selection button in the tool-bar and specifying the new colour.

Specifying Text Type

HTML allows for certain predefined, browser- and platform-independent methods of specifying the format of a text. You can choose to display text in various heading sizes, or as normal text. This is provided by the Text-type drop-down menu in the tool-bar.

Formatting Text as List

You can convert text as a bulletted or numbered list by selecting it and clicking on the list icons in the tool-bar. Additionally, Format > List sub-menu allows you to create an alphabetic or roman-numeralled list.

Formatting Paragraph

The Format > Paragraph submenu allows you to format the selected text as an address element. You can also specify that the selected text has been plain-formatted, and that it is to be displayed as it is, by clicking on the Pre-formatted menu-button.

Specifying Alignment

You can choose to align selected text on the left, centre, or on the right by clicking on the alignment icons in the toolbar.

Indenting Text

There are two icons on the tool-bar to increase or decrease the indentation of the text. Alternatively, you can click on Format > Increase Indent and Decrease Indent menu-buttons for the same purpose.
 
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