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Selecting text
Corel DESIGNER lets you select text to edit specific characters or modify it as an object. For example, you can select specific characters to
change the font or select a text object, such as a text frame, so you can move, resize, or rotate it.
To select a text object
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To Do the following
Select artistic text
Using the Pick tool , click the artistic text.
Select a text frame
Using the Pick tool , click the text frame.
You can use the Pick tool to select multiple text objects. Hold down Shift, and click each text object.
To select text for editing
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To Do the following
Select specific characters of artistic or paragraph text for editing
Using the Text tool , drag across the text.
Select a text frame for editing
Using the Text tool , click the text frame.
Finding, editing, and converting text
You can find text in a document and replace it automatically. You can also find special characters, such as an em dash or optional hyphen.
You can edit text directly in the drawing window or in a dialog box.
Corel DESIGNER lets you convert artistic text to paragraph text if you require more formatting options, and paragraph text to artistic text if
you’d like to apply special effects.
You can also convert both paragraph and artistic text to curves. By transforming characters into lines or curve objects, you can add, delete,
or move the nodes of individual characters to alter their shape. For more information, see “Working with curve objects” on page 169.
When you convert text to curves, the appearance of the text is preserved, including font, style, character position and rotation, spacing, and
any other text settings and effects. Any linked text objects are also converted to curves. If you convert paragraph text in a fixed-sized text
frame to curves, any text that overflows the text frame is deleted. For information about fitting text to a text frame, see “Formatting text” on
page 397.
To find text
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Click Edit Find and replace Find text.
2 Type the text that you want to find in the Find box.
If you want to find the exact case of the text that you specified, enable the Matchcase check box.
3 Click Findnext.