Formatting Text

The text is most easily changed using the Edit tab. Highlight the section of text that you want to change and then use the options on the tab.

Change the font - Select the font from the drop-down box

Font Colour - Select this to bring out the pallete. The icons shows you the current colour

Bold
Italic
Underline

You can also access the full Text and Symbol Formatting dialog by clicking the More Options button in the Font section of the Edit tab.

Notes on the Colour Palette

You can change the colour of text by selecting from the colour palette.

You can define your own colours and use them to style any object in your document. You can also save colours to My Colours so that they are available whenever you use the program.

Notes on Fonts

The default and recommended font supplied is the highly accessible FS Me font. This font has been designed to aid legibility for those with learning disabilities by Fontsmith and Mencap. You can find out more about FS Me at:

http://www.fontsmith.com/projects/portfolio/mencap-fs-me.cfm

NOTE: Although this font is included with some Widgit products, you will not be able to access it from other Windows programs unless you purchase a license for the font.