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Working with text in different languages
If you are running Corel DESIGNER on an Asian operating system, or if you have Asian language support installed on another operating
system, you can take advantage of the Asian text formatting capabilities available with Corel DESIGNER.
This section contains the following topics:
• “Formatting Asian text” (page 425)
• “Using line-breaking rules for Asian text” (page 426)
• “OpenType support for Asian text” (page 427)
• “Formatting multilingual text” (page 427)
• “Displaying text correctly in any language” (page 428)
• “Working with translated text” (page 429)
Formatting Asian text
Asian character input is only supported in Corel DESIGNER when using an Asian operating system or when language support is installed on
a non-Asian operating system. You can choose a default font and text orientation (either horizontal or vertical) when typing text. When you
type artistic or paragraph text, the program uses a default artistic or paragraph text style.
To choose a default font for Asian text
1
Click the Text tool .
2 Press Esc to ensure that no objects are selected.
3 Choose an input method from the Input Method Editor (IME) on the Windows status bar.
If the Windows Language bar is displayed, you can choose an input method from the Language bar.
4 Choose a font from the Font list box on the property bar.
5 Choose a font style from the Font style list box.
To choose a text orientation for Asian text
1
Using the Pick tool , select the frame that contains the text whose orientation you want to change.
2
Click Window Property manager.
3
In the Property manager docker, click the Frame button to display the frame-related controls.