Changing font (typeface) using toolbar, menus, and Font Panel—when to use which
Blank paragraphs versus spaces after paragraphs
Fitting more text on a page than it can hold
Using tabs to stop text sticking to the edges of a colored background
Creating smudged highlights for text
Creating drop caps with the Custom Image bullets
Introduction
This chapter explores tricks and techniques with word processing and text formatting. Often, there are several ways to do the same job, so which do you choose? The User's Manual and Help pages will tell you what the applications can do, but not necessarily all their uses. The recipes here show easy ways to achieve some common text formatting tasks as well as unexpected solutions to add flair to your documents.