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For example, to change the font size of the whole text object, just press "ESC" and
select the new size from the InfoBar.
Swap case
Pressing "Ctrl + W" will swap the case of the character after the cursor and move the
cursor on. So, if you've accidentally typed a section of text with the caps lock key on,
just place the cursor at the start and press and hold "Ctrl + W".
You can swap the case of a selected region of text, the same way. The cursor will not
be moved.
Smart Quotes
When you type quote ' or double quote " characters, MAGIX Page & Layout Designer
2013 will automatically convert these into the more appropriate and aesthetically
accurate opening or closing quotes. So this changes 'this' into ‘this’ and "quotes" into
“quotes”. It's smart enough to understand the use of single quotes within words to
signify missing characters, so that 'don't' becomes ‘don’t’.
Entering special characters
There are a number of useful shortcuts to allow insertion of special characters, like ©
or ™. See Special characters (in Text Tool) (on page 383) section in "Menus and
key
board shortcuts".
All these shortcuts (with the exception of the hard space) are compatible with
Microsoft Word.
Entering dummy text ('Lorem Ipsum')
You can insert a paragraph of dummy "Lorem ipsum" text by typing "Ctrl + Shift + L"
("L" for Lorem) while using the
TEXT TOOL. To insert a larger block of text, just press
the key combination a few times.
Spell checker
The TEXT TOOL includes a spell checker. To turn it on, select the SPELL CHECKER
icon on the TEXT TOOL infobar, which opens a menu.
Select “CHECK SPELLING AS YOU TYPE”. Now all
unrecognized words in your document and as
you type are shown with a red dashed underline.
To correct a misspelled word, right click on it
and the context menu shows you suggested
correct spellings of the word at the top of the
menu. Simply select one of the suggestions to