How to Make Fonts Bold

Making the fonts in a document bold is a sure way of drawing attention to a word, sentence or paragraph. All word-processing programs and most text-based programs like spreadsheets and presentation applications offer the ability to easily bold the selected fonts. It is often as simple as clicking an icon on the taskbar of the program.

Things You'll Need

• Word-processing or related program

Instructions

1. Open the program in which you wish to create or alter the fonts of a document.

2. Highlight the letter, word or sentence you wish to bold.

3. Look across the top icon bar of the program. You should see an icon that is a dark-colored “B.” Click on this icon, and the highlighted selection will become a bold font.

4. Highlight the area you want to bold. Click on "Format" in the top text menu of the program if you do not have an icon for bold in your program. See if you have an option for "Fonts." Click on this option.

5. Look at the options presented when the new pop-up box opens. The list should include regular, italic and bold. Click on "bold"; the highlighted area will now be in bold text.

Tips & Warnings

• To undo the bold font, simply reverse the process.

• If you want the entire document in bold, click on "Edit" in the text menu and select "Select all." This will highlight the entire document. Use the bold icon or the "Format Fonts" menu to make the change.

• To further bring attention to a bolded font, you may want to make the letter or word a different color. You can do that from the icon bar or under the "Format Fonts" window.