Drop Cap...A decorative touch to a page...

In an effort to postpone talking about anchors (ugh!), I'm breaking my promise and posting about something light and easy. In the last post I talked about using clip art to dress up a page. Another item you can use to dress up a page is a drop capital letter. Here's an example:

You frequently see this type of embellishment at the beginning of a chapter.

Drop Cap 2007 or 2010

1. Type the text where you want to add the drop cap.
2. Highlight the letter you want to have dropped.
3. On the Insert menu, locate the Text group, and select the drop-down arrow at Drop Cap: Dropped or In margin.
4. Select a drop cap option, and then click OK. 

Drop Cap 2003

1. Type the text where you want to add the drop cap. 
2. Highlight the letter you want to have dropped.
3. On the Format menu, select Drop Cap. The Drop Cap dialog appears.
4. Select a drop option: Dropped or In margin.
5. Click OK. 

So is this bit of knowledge earth shattering? Absolutely not. But for a Friday night, it's a lot more fun than anchors. I'll work on anchors this weekend...see if I can make it easy.