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3 In the Character area of the Property manager docker, choose one of the following language options from the Language group and
script list box:
• All languages
• Latin
• Asian
• Middle Eastern
4 Change any font properties.
The Language group and script list box is available only when using an Asian or Middle Eastern operating system or when language
support is installed on the operating system.
To set right-to-left text flow in text
1 Do one of this following:
•
Using the Text tool , position the cursor in a block of text.
•
Using the Pick tool , click an artistic text object or a text frame.
If the Property manager docker is not open, click Window Property manager.
2
In the Property manager docker, click the Paragraph button to display the paragraph-related options.
3 In the Paragraph area of the Property manager docker, choose an option from the Text direction list box.
The Text direction option is available, and visible, only when you use a Middle Eastern operating system or when language support is
installed on a non-Middle Eastern operating system.
You can also change the direction of text flow in columns. For more information, see “To change the flow of bidirectional text in
columns” on page 382.
To specify spacing between Latin and Asian words
1
Using the Text tool , select the paragraph that combines both the Latin and Asian text.
2
In the Property manager docker, click the Paragraph button to display the paragraph-related properties.
3 In the Paragraph area of the Property manager docker, type values in the Language spacing box.
The language spacing value is based on the percentage of a standard space. For example, two spaces are represented by typing a
value of 200.
Displaying text correctly in any language
In Corel DESIGNER, all text that is added to a document is encoded using the Unicode character set. When you open or import a drawing
that contains text, Corel DESIGNER converts the encoding system that was used in the file to Unicode. For example, if you import an older
document that includes 8-bit ANSI text that uses a specific code page (e.g. (949 ANSI/OEM - Korean), Corel DESIGNER converts code page
949 to Unicode. If the code page is not specified when you open a document, Corel DESIGNER uses a default code page to convert the text.
Therefore, this may cause some text to display incorrectly in Corel DESIGNER. However, you can display the text correctly by selecting it and
converting it back to Unicode by using the appropriate code page.
Encoding settings do not affect the display of text outside the drawing window, such as keywords, filenames, and text entries in the Object
manager and Object data manager dockers. For these types of text, you must use code page settings in the Open or Import dialog boxes
to set the proper characters. For information about using code page settings, see “Starting and opening drawings” on page 62.