To enliven titles, add flair, and distinguish different kinds of data, you can change fonts and font sizes. In this video, learn how to adjust fonts and font sizes within cells and in cell ranges.
- [Instructor] For many Excel users, changing the font, … the typeface that we use in Excel, … is low on their list of priorities. … On most Excel worksheets these days, … if you click on a cell and on the Home tab, … look in the font group, … you're likely to see the word Calibri. … That is the name of the font … that's called the default standard in Excel, … and it's been the standard since 2007. … Prior to that, it was a font called Arial. … Now, for many Excel users, … they don't worry about this that often, … but occasionally they want a special title look. … As I click on cell B1 and we look in that same location, … we see a different font. … This is called Lucida Sans or Sans, … however you want to say it. … S-A-N-S, by the way, is a French word meaning without. … And in the yellow panel to the right, … just a brief mention of the idea … that some fonts are called serif fonts, … like the one we see up in H1. … It has certain strokes in it. … Sometimes we hear the word feet or a foot applied …
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Video: Fonts such as Arial and Calibri and a rundown of various available fonts in Excel