Reduce font size by set amount

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Does anyone know if it's possible in Word2003 to select a large piece of text with different font sizes and reduce\increase the respective font sizes in all of the text by a set amount, say 5 points

Slán
JKForde
 
Word has ShrinkFont and GrowFont commands. I think they change the font by
one point size except they skip font sizes not shown on the menu, though. So
14 pt goes to 12 pt, not 13 pt.

There are also ShrinkFontOnePoint and GrowFontOnePoint commands.

You can find these under Tools > Macros > Word Commands.

I've used the Customize dialog to move them to a custom menu. Unfortunately,
I haven't been able to replicate the command with a macro or use a macro to
run it multiple times when a selection includes multiple font sizes.
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JKForde said:
Hi,

Does anyone know if it's possible in Word2003 to select a large piece of
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text with different font sizes and reduce\increase the respective font sizes
in all of the text by a set amount, say 5 points.
 
There are icons for reduce/enlarge font by 1 pt. Just click the appropriate
icon. If you don't see the icon, then add it through customise.






Hi,

Does anyone know if it's possible in Word2003 to select a large piece of
text with different font sizes and reduce\increase the respective font sizes
in all of the text by a set amount, say 5 points.

Slán,
JKForde
 
Ctrl-[ will reduce fonts in the selection by one point.
Ctrl-] will increase fonts in the selection by one point.

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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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JKForde said:
Hi,

Does anyone know if it's possible in Word2003 to select a large piece of
Click to expand...
text with different font sizes and reduce\increase the respective font sizes
in all of the text by a set amount, say 5 points.
 
Charles Kenyon said:
Ctrl-[ will reduce fonts in the selection by one point.
Ctrl-] will increase fonts in the selection by one point.
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.... and the keyboard shortcuts for the other built-in commands you
mentioned:

Ctrl+< = ShrinkFont
Ctrl+> = GrowFont

OTOH...
For everything but a one-off, hacked together document, it's much better to
modify the style(s) than to change the font size manually.

Regards,
Klaus
 
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