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         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Applying Text Formatting While You Type</title>
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      <bookmark_value>formatting; bold, while typing</bookmark_value>
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      <bookmark_value>bold;formatting while typing</bookmark_value>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155909" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="2">To apply bold formatting</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155861" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="14">Select the text that you want to format.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149836" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="5">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" l10n="U" oldref="6">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>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149611" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="13"><link href="text/shared/main0400.xhp" name="Keyboard shortcut in $[officename]">Keyboard shortcut in $[officename]</link></paragraph>
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