2013

Text Handling 207
Copying text appearances
It’s easy to copy the style of any text to any other region of text using the PASTE
FORMAT/ATTRIBUTES
feature:
• Select the source region from where you want to copy the style. This can be as
little as a word (just double click).
• Select "
EDIT" > "COPY" ("Ctrl + C").
• Select the region of text to which you want to apply the style.
• Select "
EDIT" > "PASTE FORMAT/ATTRIBUTES" ("Ctrl +  + A").
If you just have the text cursor positioned in some text when you
PASTE
FORMAT/ATTRIBUTES
the paragraph attributes will be pasted to this paragraph.
If you have a region of text selected, then
PASTE FORMAT/ATTRIBUTES will paste all
the visual attributes of the source text.
Applying attributes to whole text stories
When you have the cursor in a simple or column text object, pressing "Esc" will select
the whole text object. You can then apply an attribute, say a color, and the whole text
object is altered. This is often quicker than performing "Select all" ("Ctrl + A").
With text areas this method only works if all text areas of the story are selected. You
can do this in the
SELECTOR TOOL clicking and "Shift + clicking" on the different text
areas to select them. But this method is only possible if the text areas are on a single
page. If your text story flows over several pages and you want to change all the text,
then it’s necessary to "Select all" ("Ctrl + A"), and then apply the required attributes.
Copying/Pasting formatted text (RTF)
You can copy "rich text" (as it's sometimes known) from other applications such as
word processors or editors and paste into MAGIX Page & Layout Designer 2013 as
text, and the fonts, margins, line spacing and text links will be preserved. This makes it
dramatically easier to retain the style and appearance of your text.
When you paste "Rich Text Format" (RTF) from other applications you are given the
choice of pasting the text in as "Unformatted text" which means it will appear in the
font and style at the cursor where you paste, or "Rich Text Format", i.e. it will retain
the style of the source text.
This also works the other way around. You can copy text in Page & Layout Designer
and paste into other applications that support rich text editing and the style (font,
size, colors, margins etc) will be retained. This will only work if you select and copy a
single text object or from a single text flow.