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You can change the font or font size for selected text in a Word document, Excel spreadsheet, or PowerPoint presentation.

Tip: Hold your device in landscape mode so that you can see more of the formatting options on the ribbon.

  1. Use the handles to select the text that you want to format.

  2. On the Home tab, in the Font group, do the following:

    Note: On your Android phone, you need to expand the ribbon to see the Font group. To do this, tap the up arrow Up arrow at the bottom right corner of your screen.

    • To change the font, tap the Font box and then tap the font that you want to use.

      Fonts

    • To change the font size, tap the Font Size box and then tap the font size that you want to use.

      Font size

  1. Use the handles to select the cells that you want to format.

  2. On the Home tab, tap the Font icon Font icon to expand the Font group.

    Note: On your Android phone, you need to expand the ribbon to see the Font group. To do this, tap the Edit icon Edit icon at the top of your screen.

    • To change the font, tap the Font box and then tap the font that you want to use.

      Fonts

    • To change the font size, tap the Font Size box and then tap the font size that you want to use.

      Font size

  1. Tap the area that you want to format.

  2. On the Home tab, in the Font group, do the following:

    Note: On your Android phone, you need to expand the ribbon to see the Font group. To do this, tap the up arrow Up arrow at the bottom right corner of your screen.

    • To change the font, tap the Font box and then tap the font that you want to use.

      Fonts

    • To change the font size, tap the Font Size box and then tap the font size that you want to use.

      Font size

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