
Highlight the text that you would like to hide.Ģ. To open the Paragraph dialog box Do either of the following: On the Home tab or the Layout tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Paragraph dialog box launcher. A dialog box launcher appears in the lower-right corner of most groups on the Ribbon (see Figure 3). On the "Home" tab, in the "Font" group, click the dialog box launcher.ģ. What is a dialog box in Word A: A dialog box is a small window that a program pops open to request input from the user. Clicking it opens a related dialog box or task pane. In the Font dialog box, click the "Hidden" checkbox in the "Effects" section. NOTE: If you have the Show/Hide feature turned on then the text will not disappear off of the screen but rather it will have dotted lines underneath what is hidden.ġ. 6 Show Dialog Box Show additional options. Highlight all the text in the entire document.ģ. Use the Ribbon options to select and process your commands. Microsoft Word 2019 uses Tabs instead of menus to organize various functions. Click the Font dialog boxs Text Effects button to access interesting text attributes such as Shadow, Outline, Emboss, and Engrave. In addition, command buttons have been placed in a Group within the Ribbon.

The Font dialog boxs Advanced tab hosts options for changing the size and position of text on a line. The Set as Default button in the Font dialog box is used to change the font that Word uses for a new document. The Dialog Box Launcher in a group shows additional options.


To use your favorite font in Word all the time, set it as the default. In the Font dialog box, click the "Hidden" checkbox in the "Effects" section until it is no longer selected. Go to Home, and then select the Font Dialog Box Launcher.

Select the font and size you want to use. These instructions, along with illustrations and instructions for additional features of Conditional Formatting for Message Lists, can also be found in SharePoint > Software Users Group > Shared Documents > Word > Hiding-Unhiding Text.
