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         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Applying Text Formatting While You Type</title>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149689" role="heading" level="1"><variable id="shortcut_writing"><link href="text/swriter/guide/shortcut_writing.xhp">Applying Text Formatting While You Type</link>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155909" role="paragraph">To apply bold formatting</paragraph>
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         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155861" role="listitem">Select the text that you want to format.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149836" role="listitem">Press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+B.</paragraph>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156112" role="listitem">You can also press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+B, type the text that you want to format in bold, and then press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+B when you are finished.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
      </list>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3151909" role="paragraph">To apply italic formatting</paragraph>
      <list type="ordered">
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151861" role="listitem">Select the text that you want to format.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3141836" role="listitem">Press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+I.</paragraph>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151112" role="listitem">You can also press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+I, type the text that you want to format in italic, and then press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+I when you are finished.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152909" role="paragraph">To underline text</paragraph>
      <list type="ordered">
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152861" role="listitem">Select the text that you want to underline.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3142836" role="listitem">Press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+U.</paragraph>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152112" role="listitem">You can also press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+U, type the text that you want underlined, and then press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+U when you are finished.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
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