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         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Resetting Font Attributes</title>
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      <bookmark_value>font attributes; resetting</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>fonts; resetting</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>resetting; fonts</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>direct formatting;exiting</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>formatting;exiting direct formatting</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>exiting;direct formatting</bookmark_value>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154091" role="listitem">You can quickly exit manual formatting by pressing <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><keycode>Command</keycode></caseinline><defaultinline><keycode>Ctrl</keycode></defaultinline></switchinline><keycode>+Shift+X</keycode>. For example, if you have pressed <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><keycode>Command</keycode></caseinline><defaultinline><keycode>Ctrl</keycode></defaultinline></switchinline><keycode>+B</keycode> to apply the bold typeface to the text that you type, press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><keycode>Command</keycode></caseinline><defaultinline><keycode>Ctrl</keycode></defaultinline></switchinline><keycode>+Shift+X</keycode> to return to the default character format of the paragraph.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155854" role="listitem">To reset all direct formatting of existing text, select that text, then choose the menu command <emph>Format - Clear Direct Formatting</emph>.</paragraph>
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