Title: Basic Text Editing Questions
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Basic Text Editing Questions

 *  [rkartman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rkartman/)
 * (@rkartman)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-text-editing-questions/)
 * Hi. I just started yesterday and hvae some basic questions… How do I change the
   font of text? Also, can I select and move (position) text with my mouse, or does
   it have to be done with soem sort of X & Y entries?
 * Thanks,
 * Ron

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 *  [romuloctba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/romuloctba/)
 * (@romuloctba)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-text-editing-questions/#post-2744235)
 * do u mean your website text or editor text?
 *  Thread Starter [rkartman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rkartman/)
 * (@rkartman)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-text-editing-questions/#post-2744240)
 * I’m not sure what you mean. I have started an introduction page which only contains
   a line of text and a picture. I can’t tell what the font of the text is, and 
   I can seel that there is a tool for bolding the text, but nothing that lets you
   select and change the font (or are fonts selected differently?
 * Ron
 *  [Good Guy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mytaxsitecouk/)
 * (@mytaxsitecouk)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-text-editing-questions/#post-2744243)
 * > I’m not sure what you mean. I have started an introduction page which only 
   > contains a line of text and a picture.
 * In this case, your starting point should be to post whatever you have in the 
   ditor of your WP, save the page and then post a link here explaining what you
   want to do.
 * Keep it simple and you will learn fast and within a month you will be an accomplished
   WP designer.
 *  Thread Starter [rkartman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rkartman/)
 * (@rkartman)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-text-editing-questions/#post-2744249)
 * As a starting point, my introduction page just has one picture and one centered
   line of text. (see [http://www.WeRenovate.net](http://www.WeRenovate.net)) I 
   was wondering how to change the font as well as be able to move the text manually,
   or is there a way to use tables on a page and place things within cells?
 *  [romuloctba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/romuloctba/)
 * (@romuloctba)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-text-editing-questions/#post-2744252)
 * actually u should use div and html to make ur text look good
 * to change font u open style.css and ctrl + f font-family , then change its name
 * well… not sure yet whachawant
 *  [Good Guy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mytaxsitecouk/)
 * (@mytaxsitecouk)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-text-editing-questions/#post-2744260)
 * romuloctba is on the right track. However, instead of changing the original style
   style.css file, you should work with the copy of it. But copy doesn’t mean you
   copy the entire file; It means you create a blank file and inherit the original
   styles by using the technique in this article:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
 * When you have done it, all you need is to copy this text in your style.css file:
 *     ```
       .my-test-div {
       	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
       	font-size: 18px;
       	color: green;
       }
       ```
   
 * Of course you create a div called: my-test-div and you insert the picture using
   WP’s upload/insert button.
 * Hope this helps.

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