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Next, let's apply a shadow. Below the options for the shadow effect are pictured. We used orange as the outline color and selected dashes.Īs you can see, our font color remained black, but there is a thin, orange outline around our text. Stylistic Sets allow you to use a font's alternate characters. For example, you can replace a lowercase "b".īy clicking on any of these effects in the dropdown menu, you can see the various options for the effect.īelow are the options for the outline effect.Īs you can see, you can choose the outline color or the weight of the line that serves as the outline. You can also choose to use dashes as the outline. For example, it can join an "f" and an "I' in a word such as "fill." Ligatures are decorative or joined characters. They are available for certain characters in certain fonts. Number Styles which will apply a style, not a colorful effect, to numbers if you have numbers selected. Glow which will add a glowing effect to your text. Reflection which will create a reflection of your text.

Shadow which will add a drop shadow to your text.

Outline which will create an outline around the letters of your text. If you want to customize your own visual effect, then take a look at the bottom half of the dropdown menu. If you click on a text effect preset, it will be applied to the selected text. Select the text for which you want to apply a visual effect.Ĭlick the downward arrow beside the text effects button. This gives you all your options for adding text effects.Īt the top, you can pick a text effect preset. These are visual effects that have already been created for you. Using this tool, you can apply visual effects to text. You can turn the word Lorem Ipsum in Calibri font into: To add visual effects to text, go to the Home tab and look at the Font group. You'll see this button: You don't need to worry about what type of effect is. That said, when you add visual effects to your text, you want to select a visual effect that matches the look you want to create. Text Effects are visual effects that you can apply to words in your Word document. Shadow, glow, and reflection are examples of the visual effects that you can add.
