User`s guide

Chapter 8 Working with Text
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Style Preview Menu
Shadow Type Determines the type of shadows that are created.
The options include:
Drop Shadows: Fall a specified distance from the
object.
Cast Shadows: Appear to fall on another object.
Requires Distance.
Solid Shadows: Simulate the appearance of a 3D
object by applying a gradient to a shadow.
• Highlight Color sets the color of the highlighted
areas of the shadow.
• Shade Color sets the color of the shaded areas of
the shadow.
Color Sets the shadow color.
Distance Sets the distance between the shadow and text.
Opacity Sets the degree of opacity.
• A value of 100 makes the shadow opaque.
• A value of 0 makes the shadow transparent.
Softness Softens the edges of the shadows by emulating the
appearance of shadows cast by a diffuse light
source.
Angle Sets the angle between the shadow and the
horizontal axis of the text.
Parameter Description
All Styles Previews the text as it appears in the Composite
window.
Basic Styles Does not display shadows, borders, and some Style
tab transformations (Style Skew, Style Scale, Style
Baseline). This speeds previews without affecting
the text in the Composite window.
Parameter Description