48 Chapter 3 Formatting Text and Paragraphs
 Smaller: Click repeatedly to make selected text smaller.
 Bigger: Click repeatedly to make selected text larger.
To learn about customizing the toolbar, see “The Toolbar” on page 22.
If you want to change to a different font, or if you frequently change text formatting, it
may be easier to use the Font panel and Text Inspector to format text. These tools are
described in the following sections.
You can also create engaging visual effects with text by changing its shadow color,
opacity, and orientation on the page. To learn more about these options, see
Chapter 7, “Changing Object Properties.”
Using the Font Panel to Format Text
The Mac OS X Font panel gives you access to all the fonts installed on your computer.
It provides a preview of the available typefaces (such as bold and italic) and sizes for
each font. The buttons in the Font panel let you add underlines, strikethrough lines,
color, and shadow to text. You can even change the background page color in the
Font panel.
To open the Font panel:
m Choose Format > Font > Show Fonts (or click Fonts in the toolbar).
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