Apple numbers User Manual

    Working with Text 

 

You can underline text and then format the underline to change the underline style or 
color.

Select the text you want to underline, or click where you want to type new text.

Choose Format > Font > Underline.

To modify the underline style or color, click Fonts in the toolbar and use the Text 
Underline button in the Font panel. See “Using the Font Panel to Format Text” on 
page 123.

You can change the point size of text to make the text larger or smaller.

Select the text you want to resize.

To change the text size in 1-point increments, choose Format > Font > Bigger. Or 
choose Format > Font > Smaller.

You can also add Bigger and Smaller icons to the toolbar. Choose View > Customize 
Toolbar, drag the icons to the toolbar, and then click Done.

To specify a precise size for selected text, click Fonts in the toolbar and use the Size 
controls in the Font panel. See “Using the Font Panel to Format Text” on page 123.

You can raise or lower text from its baseline.

Select the text you want to raise or lower, or click where you want to type new text.

To create a subscript or superscript that has a smaller font size than the text it 
accompanies, choose Format > Font > Baseline > Subscript. Or choose Format > Font > 
Baseline > Superscript.

To raise or lower text without reducing its font size, choose Raise or Lower from the 
Baseline submenu. 

To restore text to the same baseline as the body text, choose Use Default from the 
Baseline submenu.

You can add Subscript and Superscript icons to the toolbar. Choose View > Customize 
Toolbar, drag the icons to the toolbar, and then click Done.