Hi Elizabeth. From the Kurzweil manual... --- When you scan in a document, Kurzweil 1000 recognizes the document's formatting information, along with the text. You can keep that formatting, correct it, or replace it entirely with choices of your own. If you are creating a document in Kurzweil 1000, it's a good idea to think ahead about the different formatting you may want and need, then apply these styles consistently throughout. Consider using standard conventions such as putting book titles in italic characters, or using left and right aligned paragraph format for full quotes. Kurzweil 1000 provides both character and paragraph formatting. Font Formatting Each character in a document is displayed and printed using a font, which is a named collection of shapes for characters. Each character has a style, used to emphasize particular words or phrases. Styles can be regular, bold, italic, both bold and italic, or underlined. Each character also has a size, expressed in English points (there are roughly 72 points to an inch, and the point size describes the height of an average character in a font). When you are typing, the editor uses the system default character format, or the format of the last character before the cursor, or a format you specified specifically for the current text you are typing. For scanned documents, Kurzweil 1000 normally displays the character font as it exists in the underlying document, but you can modify that formatting. You should be careful not to enable the Single Font setting when you want to modify character formats. Changing Font Formatting You can change font formatting properties for selected text or for text you will type at the cursor. The font formatting features are in the Font dialog, accessible from the Edit Format submenu. Open the Edit menu, select Format, then select Font from the Format submenu, or use the mnemonics ALT+E, then O, then F. The Font Format dialog opens with your cursor in the Font Name box. The system tells you the font name of the selected text. In the dialog, press the TAB key, or the mnemonics to go to any of the following controls: Font (ALT+F). Use the Up/Down arrow key, or type the first letter of the desired font style to make a selection from the list. Bold (ALT+L). Use the Up/Down arrow key to select Enabled or Disabled. Italic (Alt+I). Use the Up/Down arrow key to select Enabled or Disabled. Size (ALT+S). Use the Up/Down arrow key to make a selection from the list, or type the desired size. Underline (ALT+U). Use the Up/Down arrow key to select Enabled or Disabled. Note: Any of these lists may contain an item called Mixed if you have text selection that contains a mix of font, styles, and/or sizes. To change font options: 1. With your cursor in the desired location or with text selected, open the Font dialog (ALT+E, then O, then F). 2. Go to the desired control by using its mnemonics or the TAB key. 3. Press the UP/DOWN ARROW keys to make your selections or type the first character of the desired selection. 4. Press ENTER. The font for the selected text changes to your new specification. Or, if you don't have text selected, the new font selection applies to text you type beginning at the cursor position. Note: You can apply format changes across multiple pages, using either CONTROL+M for multipage selections, or CONTROL+A to apply font properties across an entire document. To change font style: Press CONTROL+SHIFT+F to hear a description of the format. You'll hear only unusual attributes, not defaults, such as a regular font style. Press CONTROL+I to switch between italic and regular text. Press CONTROL+SHIFT+B to switch between bold and regular text. This is the same as CONTROL+B in other word processors. Kurzweil 1000 uses CONTROL+B for the Insert Bookmarks function. If you prefer to use CONTROL+B for bolding text, change the Shortcuts setting in the Reading Settings tab. Refer to Chapter 12, Working with Settings for details. Press CONTROL+Left Bracket to make the font size one point smaller. Press CONTROL+Right Bracket to make the font size one point larger. Press CONTROL+U to switch between underline and regular text. Monica Willyard "The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.