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how to add a drop cap in word document

February 17, 2021 by mechanicaleng blog Leave a Comment

Have you ever read a magazine or newspaper? If yes, I bet you have seen this, the first letter of a word is magnified, to make it stands out. How to add a drop cap in word document?

Add a drop cap in word document

Drop Cap is one of MS Word’s feature to show you how to do it, very simple and easy, and here we come with the guide.

Post contents

  • I. Add a drop cap in word document.
  • II. Create a drop cap for split column format.
  • III. Remove a drop cap.

I. Add a drop cap in word document.

Step 1: Open the document and select the first letter of the paragraph to make it large.
Go to “Insert”, find “Text” and choose “Drop Cap”, then we will “Dropped”.

word-drop-cap icon

Step 2: After that the first letter will look like this. It is called a “Drop Cap”.

word-drop-cap

Note: There should be no space before the Drop Cap letter, otherwise, the Drop Cap feature will not be available.
Step 3: To customize your Drop Cap, go to “Drop Cap” again, select “Drop Cap Options”.

word-customize-your-Drop-Cap

Step 4: The Drop Cap box appears, these are some options:
– Position: Where the Drop Cap will lay.
– Font: Choose the font of Drop Cap.
– Lines to drop: How many lines the Drop Cap will lay.
– Distance from text: The space of Drop Cap with characters after it.
Here we gonna make it In Margin and Lines to drop is 4 lines.

word drop cap Margin and Lines

Step 5: See the result.

word in margin

II. Create a drop cap for split column format.

If you want to add a Drop Cap but your text is in a split column format, it won’t be available at this stage, you have to split the column first before adding Drop cap.
Step 1: Select the paragraph, go to tab “Layout” => go to “Columns” => select “More Columns”.

Step 2: Choose “Two” columns and tick on the box “Line between”. Press OK.

word columms setting

The paragraph has been separated into 2 columns.

word separated into 2 columns

 

Step 3: To add Drop Cap, select the first capital letter, go to “Insert” => “Text” => “Drop Cap” then click “Dropped”. The first letter has been magnified.

word drop cap separated into 2 columns

III. Remove a drop cap.

In case you want to remove Drop Cap, go to “Insert” again, in “Text”, choose “Drop Cap” then select “None”.

word remove drop cap

Drop Cap will be removed.
That’s all for the guide, hope it is helpful for you.

 

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