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Formatting text

If you want to format all text in a text object, select the text object.

OR

If you want to format specific text in a text object, double-click the text object, and then select the text.

You can format text using the buttons in the toolbar or the options in the Properties tab or the Format menu.

Note 

If the Properties tab isn’t visible, press Properties , and then press Text Style.

The following table presents the formatting changes that you can make using the above tools:

Change

Toolbar

Properties tab

Format menu

Character, paragraph or object level

Change the font face

 

Change the font size

Tip 

To select a font size that doesn’t appear in the drop-down list (including font sizes with decimal values such as 20.5), type the font size in the Font Size box on the toolbar.

 

Change the color

 

Bold, italicize or underline text

Strike out text

*

Superscript or subscript text

*

Paragraph or object level

Change justification (left, right or center)

Change indentation

*

Create a bulleted or numbered list

*

Change line spacing

Tip 

To add spacing between paragraphs, select the Add space after paragraphs check box in the Properties tab or select Format > Paragraph > Line Spacing > Add space after paragraphs.

 

Change language direction (left-to-right or right-to-left)

Note 

Select Format > Paragraph > Direction > Left to Right for languages that read left to right (for example, English and French).

OR

Select Format > Paragraph > Direction > Right to Left for languages that read right to left (for example, Arabic and Hebrew).

 

 

Object level

Change text direction (horizontal or vertical)

*

Change transparency

 

* Press More Text Options to display the buttons for these formatting changes.

Also in this section

Typing text

Converting handwriting to typed text

Resizing text objects

Inserting mathematical symbols

Checking the spelling of text objects

Cutting or copying text