Applying a drop cap

A drop cap is the inclusion of a large capital letter at the start of a paragraph. Dropped caps are usually found in children's storybooks:

1. Select the first letter of a word at the start of a paragraph.
2. Click to select the Insert tab, locate the Text group at the end of the ribbon, then click on the drop cap icon.
3. Choose a drop cap style to apply to the selected letter:

4. The drop cap is inserted into the document:

5. From the Drop Cap Options… option, you can edit the font face, line, or distance attributes.