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
- Type the text where you want to add the drop cap.
- Highlight the letter you want to have dropped.
- On the Insert menu, locate the Text group, and select the drop-down arrow at Drop Cap: Dropped or In margin.
- Select a drop cap option, and then click OK.
Drop Cap 2003
- Type the text where you want to add the drop cap.
- Highlight the letter you want to have dropped.
- On the Format menu, select Drop Cap. The Drop Cap dialog appears.
- Select a drop option: Dropped or In margin.
- 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.
So easy and it packs a big punch. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're having fun with drop-caps. If you change the font and then do the drop-cap, you can get really fancy. Word is actually inserting a graphic and you can find some really ornate letters online. Every time I see one of the really beautiful ones, I think about all those poor monks laboring over illuminated manuscripts. We can get nearly the same effect with a few clicks of buttons. We live in a wondrous time.
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