Change how paragraphs & fonts look

               

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Change paragraph alignment

1. Go to the paragraph you want to change.
   • Or select multiple paragraphs.
2. To change the paragraph spacing and alignment:
   • In the toolbar, at the upper right, select Align.
   • Open the Format menu, then select Align & indent.
3. Choose an alignment option:
   • Left
   • Centered
   • Right
   • Justified

Change line & paragraph spacing

1. Go to the paragraph you want to change.
   • Or select multiple paragraphs.
2. Open the Format menu.
3. Select Paragraph styles and then Borders and shading.
4. In the dialog that opens, tab to a paragraph appearance option:
   • Position: Choose a top, bottom, left, right, or between paragraph lines.
   • Border width: The width of the positional border lines.
   • Border dash: The dashed, dotted, or solid style of the positional border lines.
   • Border color.
   • Background color.
   • Paragraph padding: Spacing before the paragraph.
5. To remove paragraph borders or color, select Reset.
6. When done, select Apply.

Your documents will have a more consistent appearance when you apply a style instead of updating font appearance.

To apply a style:

1. Go to the paragraph you want to change.
   • Or select multiple paragraphs.
2. To change the paragraph style, you can:
   • In the toolbar, select Styles.
   • Open the Format menu, then select Paragraph styles.
3. Select a paragraph style:
   • Normal
   • Title
   • Heading level
4. Select Apply.

1. Select the text you want to change.
   • To choose from a menu of fonts:
     1. In the toolbar, select Font.
     2. Choose a font from the dropdown list.
   • To search for a font, press:
     1. For Windows or Chrome OS: Alt + slash.
        • For Mac OS: Option + slash.
     2. Enter part of the font name.
     3. Press the Down arrow to select the font name.
        • If the name has a sub-menu, you can choose your preferred font weight.
2. To change the font, press Enter.

Tip: If you search for a font, you can quickly set it again if you choose the first option in the recent list that appears when you press Alt + slash (Option + slash on Mac).

1. Select the text you want to change.
2. To change the font size:
   • Open the Format menu and then Text and then Size:
     • Select Decrease font size or press Control + Shift + ,
     • Select Increase font size or press Control + Shift + .
   • From the toolbar:
     • Select Font size then choose a size.

If you know the size you want to set:

1. Press Alt + slash.
   • On Mac, press Option + slash.
2. Enter font size [number].
3. Press Enter.
   • Or just enter the numerical size and confirm the match in the results list.

1. Select the text you want to change.
2. Open the Format menu.
3. Select Text and then Capitalization.
4. Choose your capitalization:
   • lowercase
   • UPPERCASE
   • Title Case

1. Select the text you want for a default.
2. Open the Format menu.
3. Select Paragraph styles and then Normal text and then Update 'Normal text' to match.

Tip: To have new documents use this font, open the Format menu and then select Paragraph styles and then Options and then Save as my default styles.

In some languages, you can add new fonts to your font list.

1. Press Alt + slash.
   • On Mac, press Option + slash.
2. Enter more fonts.
3. Press Enter.
   • A dialog box appears with a list of fonts.
4. To add new fonts, press Space.
5. Once done, press Tab to the OK button and press Enter.

Tip: The font dialog includes options for sorting and searching. You can search for types of fonts like “serif,” “script,” or “mono.“

Fonts are available in these languages:

• Afrikaans
• Albanian
• Arabic
• Azerbaijani
• Bangla
• Burmese
• Catalan
• Croatian
• Czech
• Danish
• Dutch
• English
• Estonian
• Filipino
• Finnish
• French
• German
• Greek
• Gujarati
• Hebrew
• Hindi
• Hungarian
• Icelandic
• Indonesian
• Italian
• Kannada
• Kazakh
• Khmer
• Kyrgyz
• Latvian
• Lithuanian
• Macedonian
• Malay
• Malayalam
• Marathi
• Mongolian
• Nepali
• Norwegian
• Persian
• Polish
• Portuguese 
• Punjabi
• Romanian
• Russian
• Serbian
• Sinhala
• Slovak
• Slovenian
• Spanish
• Swahili
• Swedish
• Tamil
• Telugu
• Thai
• Turkish
• Ukrainian
• Urdu
• Uzbek
• Vietnamese

1. On your computer, open a document in Google Docs.
2. Select the text you want to change.
3. On the toolbar, select Text Color .
4. Select the color you want.

1. On your computer, open a document in Google docs.
2. Select the text you want to change.
3. On the toolbar, select Highlight Color .
4. Select the color you want.

1. Select the text you want to change.
2. Press Alt + slash.
   • On Mac, press Option + slash.
3. Enter a color, like blue or yellow.
4. Select the text color or highlight color that you want.
5. Press Enter.

1. Select the text you want to change.
2. Open the Format menu.
3. Select Text.
4. Choose your text format:
   • Bold
   • Italic
   • Underline
   • Strikethrough

Tip: You can select text formats like bold, italic, and underline from the "Toolbar menu" or use keyboard shortcuts for your preferred format.

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