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Changing the Appearance of Cells

Use the Formatting toolbar to apply basic formatting to cells, such as font face, size, color, bold or italics:

1. Select the cell you want to format. Alternatively, you can select the contents of the cell, or a part of the contents, by double-clicking inside the cell and highlighting the contents you want to format (or selecting the contents in the formula bar).

2. Use the buttons and drop-down menus on the Formatting toolbar to apply formatting. For example:
   1. Select a new size from the Font Size drop-down menu.

The font size is applied to the contents of the cell.

2. Next, click the Bold  button to apply bold formatting.

c.      Use the color picker to apply a color to the contents of the cell.

For example, select the red swatch to make the text in the cell red.