Omnivorous Surfer

I almost never post application tips, but I was so happy to find this one and it's so easy I had to share. I felt kind of foolish that I hadn't already noticed it. I must admit that I had included a drop cap in a document recently by using a text box with a single enlarged capital letter; the result was less than satisfactory, but I used it anyway.

In Word 2003, simply type the letter, select it, and choose Drop Cap from the Format menu. In Word 2007, use the Insert ribbon and choose Drop Cap from the Text group. In either one, you select from Dropped (see the example above) or In Margin, which keeps the entire paragraph indented.

This was a tip in a blog post from TechRepublic.