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Chapter 3 Working with Text 45
Adding a Strikethrough to Text Using the Font Panel
You can mark text with a strikethrough line, and make the lines color different from the
text color.
To add a strikethrough to selected text:
1 Click Fonts in the toolbar.
2 Click the Text Strikethrough button (the second button from the left), and choose
None, Single, or Double from the pop-up menu. A single or double strikethrough
appears through the selected text in the same color as the text.
3 To change the strikethrough color, choose Color from the Text Strikethrough pop-up
menu, and then select a color in the Colors window. The strikethrough takes on the
color you select in the Colors window, but the text remains its original color.
Changing Text Color Using the Font Panel
Changes made to text color in the Font panel will override text color changes made in
the Text Inspector, and vice versa. (To read about changing color using the Text
Inspector, see “Changing Text Color Using the Text Inspector on page 53.)
To modify the color of selected text:
1 Click Fonts in the toolbar.
2 Click the Text Color button menu in the Font panel (the third button from the left), and
then select a color in the Colors window. See “Using the Colors Window on page 80
for instructions.
Changing the Paragraph Background Color Using the Font Panel
You can use the Font panel to add a color behind a paragraph.
To modify the background color of a selected paragraph:
1 Click Fonts in the toolbar.
2 Click the Document Color button in the Font panel (the fourth button from the left),
and then select a color in the Colors window. See “Using the Colors Window on
page 80 for instructions.
Creating Shadows on Text Using the Font Panel
You can use the Font panel to create and format shadows on text.
To define shadows on selected text:
1 Click Fonts in the toolbar.
2 Click the Text Shadow button in the Font panel (the fifth button from the left).
3 Drag the shadow opacity slider (the first slider on the left) to the right to make the
shadow darker.
4 Drag the shadow blur slider (the middle slider) to the right to make the shadow more
diffuse.