Operation Manual

Figure 212: Sidebar Character subsection
1) Click on the Text icon, then select the characters you want to format. See “Selecting text”
on page 175 for information on how to select text.
2) Go to Format > Character on the main menu bar, or click the Character icon on the
Text Formatting toolbar, or right-click on the selected character and select Character from
the context menu to open the Character dialog (Figure 211).
3) Make your changes to the character formatting using the options available in the tabbed
pages in the Character dialog, then click OK to save your changes.
To cancel any changes you have made to the character format, click Reset and the
characters revert back to the original paragraph formatting.
Alternatively, use the tools available on the Text Formatting toolbar (Figure 199 on page 168) or in
the Character subsection (Figure 212) on the Sidebar to format the characters.
Alternatively, right-click on the selected text and use the options available in the context menu
(Font; Size and Style).
Note
Selecting Format > Text on the main menu bar, or right-clicking on selected text and
then selecting Text from the context menu, opens the Text dialog. The Text dialog is
used to format a text box or an object that contains text and any text animation
applied to text within a text box or object.
Character formatting options
The formatting options in the tabbed pages of the Character dialog are used as follows:
• Font – select the desired font type, its base attributes (Italic, Bold, Language, and so on)
as well as the size. A sample of the font is displayed in the lower part of the dialog. This font
page is also available when creating or modifying a graphics style. If support for Asian
language and Complex Text Layout (CTL) has been enabled (Tools > Options >
Language Settings > Languages), then the Font page is divided into three parts for
Western, Asian, and CTL text fonts allowing you to specify text fonts and their attributes for
the majority of font families.
• Font Effects – apply special effects to the text, such as overlining and underlining, color,
shadow, and so on. A sample of the text is displayed in the lower part of the dialog as a
quick visual check of the effects applied. This page is also available when creating or
modifying a graphics style.
• Position – sets the text position relative to the baseline when you need to insert subscripts
or superscripts. This page is not available when creating or modifying a graphics style.
– Scaling – specifies the percentage of the font width by which to compress or expand
the individual characters of the selected text.
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