A drop cap is a large capital letter at the beginning of a text block that has the depth of two or more lines of regular text. The following illustration shows your options for positioning a drop cap.
Dropped
In margin
Do any of the following:
 | Add or change a drop cap |
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On the View menu, click Print Layout.
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Click the paragraph that you want to begin with a drop cap.
The paragraph must contain text, and cannot be inside a
text containerAny object that can contain text, such as a text box or a shape. A shape may contain text, but you must convert it to a text box before you can add text to it..
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On the Format menu, click Drop Cap.
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Click Dropped or In margin.
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Select the options that you want.
 | Remove a drop cap |
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On the View menu, click Print Layout.
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Click the paragraph that contains the drop cap that you want to remove.
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On the Format menu, click Drop Cap.
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Click None.