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Tuesday, September 7, 2010 7:03 PM
I'm a new user to Sharepoint 2010 - have casually used Sharepoint Services since 2.0.
I'm trying to find a way to change the FONT SIZE of Links in a LINK web part - there does not seem to be a user-friendly option for this.
How can I increase the font size of links in a LINK web part, so that the user can see them more easily? Does it require something in Sharepoint Designer to do this? If so - is there any info on easy steps to navigate Sharepoint Designer, to do a simple task like increasing a font size of the links?
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010 8:45 PM âś…Answered | 2 votes
You can modify the CSS using SharePoint Designer. Most of the CSS is stored in the Style Library which you can access from SharePoint Designer. Other CSS files exist on the server itself which you can edit but would need to copy them and not modify the original ones. Often better to modify the ones you can get to, from thr style library or create a new one that overrides the existing styles as needed.
Liam
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 7:09 PM | 1 vote
All font sizes etc can be changed with CSS. To find the CSS you can use the developer tools within Internet Explorer and click on the text. This should then let you know what the CSS is that is being used and what you can change. If you do not want to change all text etc then you can as a simple solution add a content editor web part to the page and add some inline CSS that will override whatever the out of the box one is using. Hope this helps.
Liam
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 7:30 PM
Liam,
I'm a bit embarrassed to say that I can't quite folllow. I don't have any specific web designer tools, and I'd rate myself 1.5 on a scale of 1 to 10 for web design skills. I'm hoping to latch onto the modular editing that Sharepoint and Sharepoint Designer offer, if possible. I've tried the 'right click' options and various links and sub-links within Sharepoint Editor and Sharepoint Designer, and can't seem to locate a font size property. Does Sharepoint or Sharepoint Designer have such an option? I'm guessing that there MUST be an option in there, somewhere - but I can often look right at something and miss it.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 7:41 PM | 1 vote
Not to worry. Everything in SharePoint can be styled but many of the web parts, controls and even blocks of text are styled by the CSS. To modify this you would need to make changes to the CSS. There is not really a property available for the font size. SharePoint Designer can be used for some items on the page but not everything. Sorry but you will need to modify the CSS to get the font size to change.
The other option is there is a HTML option available is to manually add the styles you need to the actual text itself in HTML view.
Liam
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 8:07 PM
Is there a way for me to edit the CSS (cascading style sheet, right?), with existing (i.e., free, or ones that are packaged with my Sharepoint Software Assurance License) tools?