The editing and formatting features of Zoho Writer allow you to shape your document the way you want. One of the highlights is the Set as Default option which lets you set default font settings for all your documents. Another new feature, called Filler Text, lets you see how your document will look when you apply certain formatting and layout features. All these features will help you design clear, consistent and professional documents.
The undo and redo functions will always help you perform faster by reverting unwanted actions.
To undo an action:
To redo an action:
You can change and use fonts as you find suitable for different types of documents.
To change font:
You can adjust the font size for better readability and to differentiate the main body of content from others.
To change font:
Tip : If your preferred font size is not displayed, you can manually enter it into the font size field.
You can add font color to text if you want to quote someone or you want to make a piece of text noticeable.
To add font color:
Set as Default allows you to set font settings for all future documents. Once you do this, every time you create a new document, these settings will be applied by default.
To define default formatting:
You can use different text alignments in your document based on the way you present content. Most often, center alignment is used for headings and left alignment for paragraphs. If you want the content to fit in between the left and right margins, you can use justified alignment. Right alignment is used in rare cases like making attributions to authors when you quote them in your document.
To change text alignment:
You can highlight important lines of text to catch the attention of the reader.
To highlight text:
If you want to change the text case of any piece of text, you can select it and change it to the case you want rather than typing it all over again in the desired text case.
To change text case:
Filler text lets you add text to your document to test layout and other design options. Instead of hunting for text in the internet or in your desktop, just type in =rand(n) and press Enter, where n is the number of paragraphs you want. For example, if you want five paragraphs of text, type in =rand(5) and press Enter.
You can make any piece of text bold to make it stand out in your document.
To bold text:
You can use italicized text when you mention names of journalistic media, radio/tv series, articles, academic papers, books or any work of art. It can also be used to give emphasis to words.
To italicize text:
You can underline text to imply that it is very important and not to be overlooked.
To underline text:
A reader can always notice the difference if you edit text by striking words and not deleting them.
To strike through words:
You can clear formatting and get the plain text in one go without having to remove the formatting options applied to a piece of text, one by one.
To clear formatting:
You can add superscript (usually numbers) above words to direct the attention of the reader to a description of the word which will appear as a footnote or an endnote. Superscripts and subscripts are also used in academic documents for representing mathematical or chemical equations.
To turn on superscript/subscript:
Note : You can also make existing text superscript or subscript by highlighting it and clicking on the icon that corresponds to the formatting you want.
Bullets are usually used for non-sequential lists.
To create a bulleted list:
Note: You can also apply bullets to a list you've already typed. For this, select the text and click the bullet icon.
Numbered lists are used to present anything that follows a specific order. Numbered lists can use numbers (1,2,3...), the English alphabet (A,B,C.../a,b,c...) or Roman letters (I,II,III.../i,ii,iii...).
To create a numbered list:
Heading lists can be used when you have multiple sections in your document. This feature is especially useful when you create research or business/legal documents which may have main sections and sub-sections that are organized in a hierarchical structure.
Note : To use the Heading List feature, the headings in your document must be formatted using the heading styles in the Format tab.
To create a heading list:
Heading styles help you differentiate the multi-level headings in a document. Applying the same font, font size and formatting to each and every heading in your document can be tiresome. Using heading styles will make this task easier.
To apply heading styles:
Note : If you want your results to be case sensitive, check the box labeled Match Case.
If you've spelt a word inaccurately all through your document, or if you want to replace a word that occurs many times in a document, you can use the find and replace option.
To find and replace text:
Note : If you want your results to be case sensitive, check the box labeled Match Case.
Drag and Drop is an alternative to Ctrl C and Ctrl V..
To Drag and Drop a file:
You can highlight those paragraphs which you want to draw attention to by applying borders to shades to them.
How do I border a paragraph?
You can select non-consecutive blocks of text/images by holding down CTRL, and then the piece of text/images, etc,.
You can edit the prefix/suffix of numbered lists in a few simple steps.
