Font size opposite to expectation

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Font size opposite to expectation

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I am working on a document and when i try to make the text bigger it makes it smaller how do i fix this problem?

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How are you attempting to do this?
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What command/menu/toolbar button do you use?
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I'm not using any command I just go up to where it says font si and i change it that way
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Are yo usure you don't mix the icons between font size and superscript/subscript?
If you select your text, go to the font size field in the toolbar (the one with a value) and change that value, what happens?
Can you post a screenshot of the toolbar command you are using?
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For that to work, you have to select a section of text and then change the size in the toolbar. But this is Direct Formatting; you should be using Styles.

See the file referenced in this posting for an overview of Styles
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This document may also be informative:
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