Font

The Font tab lets you specify the font, style, size and colour of text in selected cell/s.

The functionality described in this topic is similar to the formatting options available in an MS Excel spreadsheet.

You can access font formatting (while in design mode) by:

•	selecting Format > Font.

•	right-clicking cell/s and selecting Format Cells. Then click the Font tab.

•	clicking Font on the Format toolbar.

The table below describes the options available in the Font tab:

Option

Description

Font

Lets you specify a font to apply to cell contents, for example, Arial, Times New Roman, etc.

You can also specify a font using the drop-down list on the Format toolbar.

Font style

Lets you specify the font style to apply to cell contents, for example, bold, italic, etc.

You can also specify a font style using the Bold or Italics buttons on the Format toolbar.

Size

Lets you specify the font size to apply to selected cells.

•	The actual size of the font depends on the font that you selected.

•	By default, XPAC assumes a font size of 10.

•	You can also specify a font size using the drop-down list on the Format toolbar.

Effects

Lets you apply font effects to selected cell/s, for example, strikeout (strikethrough) and underlining. You can also select a Color to apply to the font.

You can also specify font underlining the Underline button on the Format toolbar.

Sample

Displays a preview of the font that you specified.

Script

Lets you specify the script options for the font. For example, Arial font contains information for Western script, and eight other script types including: Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, Turkish, Baltic, Central European, Cyrillic and Vietnamese.

Once you have set the font formatting that you want to use, you can click Repeat Font on the Format toolbar to use the last colour that you specified.