1.6

Formatting text
To open the Text Formatting dialog, select some text and then select Format > Text. In the Text
Formatting dialog you can set:
l The font, font size, color and background color:
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Font: see also: "Fonts" on page196. This is equivalent to setting the font-
family property in CSS.
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Font size. Enter the size in a measure, named size or percentage. This is
equivalent to setting the font-size property in CSS.
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Color: this the color of the text. Select a named font color as defined in the Edit
Colors dialog (see "Colors" on page192) or click the colored square to create a
new color or to enter a color manually. The color value must be a valid HTML color
name or hexadecimal color code. This setting is equivalent to the color property in
CSS.
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Background color: this is the background color of the text. Select a named font
color as defined in the Edit Colors dialog (see "Colors" on page192) or click the
colored square to create a new color or to enter a color value manually. a valid
HTML color name or hexadecimal color code. This setting is equivalent to the
background-color property in CSS.
l The spacing between letters and words and the way the text is wrapped:
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Letter Spacing: The space between characters in a text in measure or percentage.
This is equivalent to the letter-spacing property in CSS.
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Word Spacing: Set the space between each word in a text in measure or
percentage. This is equivalent to the word-spacing property in CSS.
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Whitespace: Specify how the text wraps. See CSS White-Space for details. This is
equivalent to the white-space property in CSS.
l The style of the text:
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Bold: Sets the font-weight to 700.
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Italic: Sets the font-style to italic.
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Underline: Sets the text-decoration to underline.
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Strikethrough: Sets the text-decoration to line-through.
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Subscript: Sets the vertical-align to super.
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Superscript: Sets the vertical-align to sub.
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