
To change the vertical spacing between lines select the text you wish to modify then hold down the Ctrl key while pressing the 1, 2 or 5 button. Just hold down the Ctrl key and the Shift button while tapping the (plus) + key. This looks a little confusing but it’s pretty straightforward.

Similarly, to create superscripts hit Ctrl and Shift + Note the “+” sign isn’t included in the shortcut – all you’re doing is pressing the Ctrl key and then the = button. To go back to normal text, hit Ctrl and = again.

Type normally then press Ctrl and the equal sign ( = ) to type in the tiny subscript font.
#HOW TO CHANGE FONT SIZE ON MAC STICKY HOW TO#
Superscripts are great for exponents and subscripts work well for footnotes – here’s how to get them in your Sticky Notes: Incidentally, if you hold down the Ctrl key will scrolling the mouse wheel you can increase and decrease all font sizes with one deft flick of your finger. Greater than sign means greater font sizeĬonversely, pressing Ctrl + Shift + < decreases the size with each hit. Just select the text you want to bump up and then keep pressing Ctrl + Shift + > to enlarge it. So how do you bump up or shrink the font size in Sticky Notes? It’s all about Ctrl + Shift and the less than or greater than signs.Ĭtrl + Shift + > increases the size of the font. Keep pressing it to get different versions of the list. Press it again and you’ll have an alphabetically sorted list. Pressing Ctrl + Shift + l a second time changes the bulleted item to a numbered list. Check this out: Ctrl + Shift + l (lowercase “L”) gives you listsĬlick the cursor into the text you wish to transform into a list then press Ctrl + Shift + l to turn the line into a bulleted line. Ctrl + n creates a new Sticky note and Ctrl + b makes the text bold.īut there’s a bevy of other options that are just as useful but you probably weren’t cognizant of them. When it’s time to spruce up your fonts, most of your default word processing commands work.įor example, Ctrl + a selects all text, Ctrl + z will undo your last change. So one way to get your favorite fonts with all the formatting into the Sticky Note is to simply copy and paste.īut this feels so archaic… there must be a better way right?Īh! There is! Remember some formatting shortcuts If you type in Microsoft Word in your favorite font and then paste it into the Sticky Notes window all the font settings are preserved.

Paste pre-formated text into Sticky Notes Here’s how to get more power out of these noble notes.
#HOW TO CHANGE FONT SIZE ON MAC STICKY WINDOWS#
To conjure Sticky Notes click the Windows icon in the lower left corner of the screen and type: sticky notesĪ yellow stick square pops on the screen. Today I want to show you a few techniques for not only changing the font but adjusting the font size, controlling spacing and even adding bullet lists. Sticky Notes have actually been present in Windows ever since the ancient Vista days however, Microsoft still hasn’t created an easy way to change text from the goofy font that resembles Comic Sans Serif. So instead of affixing those ubiquitous paper stickers to your desk and monitor – you can have an infinite arrangement sprawled out on your digital desktop. Windows actually ships with the digital equivalent of everyone’s favorite stickie.
