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2 Select a text frame.

Click Text Align to baseline grid.

You can also right-click the text frame and choose Align to baseline grid.

You can align multiple selected frames at the same time.

Selecting text

CorelDRAW 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.

Additional formatting options are available for paragraph text. To apply these formatting options to artistic text, you first need to convert the

artistic text to paragraph text. Likewise, you can apply special effects to paragraph text by converting the text to artistic text. Converting text

may result in the loss of any formatting.

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 “Using curve objects” on page 159.