User Guide

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Select 12 Point Black to ignore formatting attributes and display text in
12-point black type in the Text Editor window. This option does not affect
text formatting in the document.
4 Select Show Invisibles to display nonprinting characters, such as spaces, tabs, or
paragraph breaks, in the Text Editor window.
5 Edit the text in the Text Editor window.
6 Do one of the following:
• Click OK to apply the changes and close the Text Editor.
• Click Cancel to close the Text Editor without applying changes.
• Click Apply to apply changes to the text without leaving the Text Editor.
To always edit text in the Text Editor:
1 Choose Edit > Preferences. Click Text.
2 Select Always Use Text Editor, then click OK.
Inserting special characters
When editing text in the Text Editor, you can insert characters from the Text >
Special Characters submenu. The special characters allow you to apply additional
formatting to control the appearance of text.
The following special characters are available:
End of column For text formatted into columns, indicates the final character
in a column
End of line Indicates the final character in a line
Nonbreaking space For two words separated by a space, ensures that the words do
not break apart at a line break
Em space Inserts a space equal to the width of the letter “m” in the
current typeface
En space Inserts a space equal to the width of the letter “n” in the
current typeface
Thin space Inserts a space equal to one-fifth of an en space
Em dash Inserts a dash the width of an em space
En dash Inserts a dash the width of an en space
Discretionary hyphen Inserts a hyphen that appears in the document only if the
insertion point is at the end of a line