Microsoft Excel 
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CHANGING FONTS 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The appearance that you choose for your text is 
referred to as the font or typeface. Font 
traditionally refers to a combination of typeface, 
style and size in points (e.g. Arial Bold 12 pt).  
In Excel 2007, font just refers to the typeface or 
shape of the letters. Typical classic fonts include 
Times New Roman, Arial, Century Gothic and 
Copperplate. 
 
Try This Yourself: 
Same 
File Continue using the previous 
file with this exercise, or open 
the file E722 Font 
Formatting_1.xls... 
 
Click in cell A1 to make the 
cell with the main heading the 
active cell 
 
Click on the drop arrow next to 
the Font
 command  in 
the Font group on the Home 
tab to display a gallery of 
available fonts 
 
Point to Arial Narrow, then Book 
Antiqua, Garamond and Gill 
Sans MT 
If you don’t have these fonts, 
try different ones. As you point 
to each font, the preview will 
change... 
 
Scroll to and click on Comics 
Sans MS, or another font of 
your choice if you don’t have 
this one 
This time the font formatting 
has changed in the cell and is 
no longer just a preview – it 
won’t change again unless you 
make another font selection. 
 
For Your Reference… 
To apply font formatting: 
1. Select the text 
2. Click on the drop arrow  for Font 
3. Point to a font to preview it 
4. Click on the font to apply it 
Handy to Know… 
 You can jump directly to a font. For example, 
if you want to preview Garamond, click on the 
name of the font in the Font command and 
press . Excel will jump to the fonts that 
start with G and Live Preview will display the 
text temporarily. Keep typing the name until 
you reach the required font. 
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