Operation Manual

Figure 148: Creating and editing text boxes
Vertical text
In addition to the normal text boxes where text is horizontally aligned, it is possible to insert text
boxes where the text is aligned vertically. Vertical text is available only when Asian languages are
enabled in Tools > Options > Language Settings > Languages. Click the Vertical Text icon
in the Standard toolbar or Text toolbar to create a vertical text box.
Quick font resizing
Impress has an Increase Font icon and a Decrease Font icon on the Text Formatting toolbar
(highlighted in Figure 149) to increase or decrease the font size of selected text. The amount by
which the font size changes depends on the standard sizes available for the font in use.
Figure 149: Quick font resizing on Text Formatting toolbar
Pasting text
Text may be inserted into the text box by copying it from another document and pasting it into
Impress. However, pasted text will probably not match the formatting of the surrounding text on the
slide or that of the other slides in the presentation. This may be what you want on some occasions;
however, in most cases you want to make sure that the presentation style is consistent and does
not become a patchwork of different paragraph styles, font types, bullet points and so on. There
are several ways to ensure consistency in your presentation.
Pasting unformatted text
It is normally good practice to paste text without formatting and apply the formatting later. To paste
text without formatting:
1) Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+V and select Unformatted text from the Paste
Special dialog that opens.
2) Or click on the small triangle next to the Paste icon in the Standard toolbar and select
Unformatted text from the context menu.
3) The unformatted text will be formatted with the outline or paragraph style at the cursor
position in an AutoLayout text box or with the default graphic style in a normal text box.
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