Operation Manual

Selecting text
All text
To select all the text in a text box:
1) Click on the Text icon on the Drawing toolbar and then click once on the text to turn on edit
mode for the text box.
2) Click once on the border of the text box to display the selection handles.
3) Refer to “Character formatting” on page 177 and “Paragraph formatting” on page 179 for
information on how to format the text.
Partial selection
To select only part of the text in a text box or an object:
1) Click on the Text icon on the Drawing toolbar and then click once on the text at the position
where you want to start selecting text.
2) Select the text to be formatted using one of the following methods.
– Click and drag the cursor over the text.
– Press Shift then use the left or right arrow keys to select characters.
– Press Shift+Ctrl then use the left or right arrow keys to select whole words.
– Press Shift+Home to select text to the beginning of the line.
– Press Shift+End to select text to the end of the line.
3) Refer to “Character formatting” on page 177 and “Paragraph formatting” on page 179 for
information on how to format the text.
Using styles
Only drawing object styles are available in Draw to format text. Each drawing object style listed in
the Styles and Formatting dialog (Figure 208) or the Styles and Formatting subsection (Figure
209) on the Sidebar has default settings for formatting and layout. You can create new styles and
modify the styles supplied with Draw.
Figure 208: Styles and Formatting dialog
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