Operation Manual

Formatting text | 429
You can also add, move, or delete tab stops on the horizontal ruler at the top of the drawing window. Click to add a tab stop, drag
a tab marker to move it, and drag a tab marker off the ruler to delete it. For information about rulers, see “Using the rulers” on page
509.
To add a tab stop
1
Using the Text tool , select the paragraph text.
2
Click Window Dockers Object properties.
3
In the Object properties docker, click the Paragraph button to display the paragraph-related options.
4
In the Paragraph area of the Object properties docker, click the arrow button located at the bottom of Paragraph area to display
additional options.
5
Click the Tab settings button .
6 Click Add.
7 Click the new cell in the Tabs column, and type a value.
To indent paragraph text
1
Using the Text tool , select the paragraph text.
2
Click Window Dockers Object properties.
3
In the Object properties docker, click the Paragraph button to display the paragraph-related options.
4 In the Paragraph area of the Object properties docker, type values in the following boxes:
• First line indent — indents the first line of text relative to the left side of the frame
• Left line indent — creates a hanging indent relative to the left side of the text frame; all lines, except the first line, are indented
• Right line indent — indents the text relative to the right side of the frame
You can remove indents by typing 0 in the First line indent, Left line indent, and Right line indent boxes.
You can indent an entire paragraph by typing the same value in both the First line indent and the Left line indent boxes.
Working with text styles
CorelDRAW provides advanced style capabilities that allow you to format document text with speed, ease, and consistency. A style is
a collection of formatting attributes defining object properties, such as artistic and paragraph text properties. For example, to define a
character style, you can specify font type, font style and size, text color and background color, character position, caps, and more. You can
create styles and style sets for text. You can also change the default text style, so that the same properties are applied to all new artistic or
paragraph text. For example, you can change the font type and size, or change the text to bold or italic. For more information, see “Working
with styles and style sets” on page 479.
Hyphenating text
Hyphenation can be used to break a word if the entire word does not fit at the end of a line. You can hyphenate automatically by using
a preset hyphenation definition in combination with your own hyphenation settings. You can set the minimum number of characters