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You
can define font properties for text objects, object captions, and
data values.
The Font palette contains all of the font properties available.
You can define these font properties in the Font palette:
You can use the Font toolbar to quickly define common text formatting properties,
including font type, size, and style.
Note:
If you are creating objects that may display
text in languages that use non-Latin-1 characters, make sure that
you choose a font for the object that supports the full character
set of the language and the appropriate locale by using the Field
tab of the Object palette.
To apply a different font
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Select
the text you want to change or select the object.
If Edit
> Lock Text is enabled, double-click the text.
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Do one of the following actions:
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To edit the
caption and data value, in the Font palette, click the Currently Editing
palette menu and select Edit Caption and Value.
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To edit only the caption, in the Font palette, click the
Currently Editing palette menu and select Edit Caption.
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To edit only the data value, in the Font palette, click the
Currently Editing palette menu and select Edit Value.
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In the Font palette, from the Font list, select a font name.
To change the font size
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Select
the text you want to change or select the object.
If Edit
> Lock Text is enabled, double-click the text.
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Do one of the following actions:
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To edit the
caption and data value, in the Font palette, click the Currently Editing
palette menu and select Edit Caption and Value.
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To edit only the caption, in the Font palette, click the
Currently Editing palette menu and select Edit Caption.
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To edit only the data value, in the Font palette, click the
Currently Editing palette menu and select Edit Value.
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In the Font palette, from the Font Size box, type or select
a point size.
To apply bold, italic, underline, or strikethrough formatting
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Select
the text you want to change or select the object. If Edit > Lock
Text is enabled, double-click the text.
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Do one of the following actions:
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To edit the
caption and data value, in the Font palette, click the Currently Editing
palette menu and select Edit Caption and Value.
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To edit only the caption, in the Font palette, click the
Currently Editing palette menu and select Edit Caption.
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To edit only the data value, in the Font palette, click the
Currently Editing palette menu and select Edit Value.
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In the Font palette, do one of the following actions:
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To apply bold formatting, click Bold.
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To apply italic formatting, click Italic.
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To apply underline formatting, click Underline.
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To apply strikethrough formatting, click Strikethrough.
To change the color of text
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Select
the text you want to change or select the object. If Edit > Lock
Text is enabled, double-click the text.
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Do one of the following actions:
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To edit the
caption and data value, in the Font palette, click the Currently Editing
palette menu and select Edit Caption and Value.
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To edit only the caption, in the Font palette, click the
Currently Editing palette menu and select Edit Caption.
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To edit only the data value, in the Font palette, click the
Currently Editing palette menu and select Edit Value.
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In the Font palette, click the color selector and select
the color you want.
To change the baseline shift of text
Use
the baseline shift option to specify the amount of space to move
a character (or group of characters) up or down relative to the
baseline. Positive numbers shift characters up, and negative numbers
shift characters down.
You can use baseline shift to make small adjustments to text
such as positioning copyright and trademark symbols (© and ™), or to create superscript or subscript such
as a number or figure used in a formula or mathematical expression,
which is smaller than the adjacent text, and is set slightly above
or below the line of type.
Adjusting the baseline shift does not change the line spacing
or font size of the characters. When you change the spacing between
lines or the font size, the baseline-shift position is maintained
proportionally. You can change font sizes in the Font palette, and
adjust line spacing in the Paragraph palette.
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Select the text to change or select the object. If Edit
> Lock Text is enabled, double-click the text.
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Do one of the following actions:
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To edit the
caption and data value, in the Font palette, click the Currently Editing
palette menu and select Edit Caption and Value.
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To edit only the caption, in the Font palette, click the
Currently Editing palette menu and select Edit Caption.
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To edit only the data value, in the Font palette, click the
Currently Editing palette menu and select Edit Value.
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In the Font palette, in the Baseline Shift box, type the
amount of shift to apply.
To change the letter spacing of text
Use
the letter spacing options to adjust the amount of space between
the letters in a word or group of words. Designer uses EM units
of measure (proportional width of a letter
m
) to space letters.
The minimum value you can enter is -1 000 (-1em). The maximum value
you can enter is 10 000 (10em). The default value is 0 (no spacing).
You must enter whole numbers; fractions are rounded off to the nearest
whole number.
Note:
The Letter Spacing box displays Mixed when you
apply different letter-spacing values within one or more selected
objects.
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Select the text to change or select the object. If Edit
> Lock Text is enabled, double-click the text.
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In the Font palette, do one of the following actions:
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To edit the caption and data value, click the Currently Editing
palette menu and select Edit Caption and Value.
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To edit only the caption, click the Currently Editing palette
menu and select Edit Caption.
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To edit only the data value, click the Currently Editing
palette menu and select Edit Value.
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In the Font palette, in the Letter Spacing box, type the
amount of letter spacing to apply.
To change the vertical or horizontal scale of text
Use
the vertical and horizontal scale options to increase or decrease
the size of text. Designer calculates font scaling in percentage
units. The default value for the vertical and horizontal scale is
either 100% or no scaling. The minimum value you can enter is 1%.
The maximum value you can enter is 1000%. Negative values are not
applicable. You can enter values that have up to two decimal places
(for example, 50.75%).
The percentage symbol (%) is automatically generated when the
value in the box is validated. If you type an invalid value, the
last correct value is displayed instead.
Note:
The Vertical Scale and Horizontal Scale boxes
display Mixed when you apply different vertical or horizontal scale
values within one or more selected objects.
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Select the text to change or select the object. If Edit
> Lock Text is enabled, double-click the text.
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In the Font palette, do one of the following actions:
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To edit the caption and data value, click the Currently Editing
palette menu and select Edit Caption and Value.
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To edit only the caption, click the Currently Editing palette
menu and select Edit Caption.
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To edit only the data value, click the Currently Editing
palette menu and select Edit Value.
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In the Font palette, in the Vertical Scale box, or in the
Horizontal Scale box, or in both, type the percentage of scaling
to apply.
To auto kern text
Use
the auto kern option to reduce the amount of space between certain
letters. Auto kerning minimizes uneven spacing and maintains a uniform
distance between the letters within a word or group of words. For
example, letter combinations, such as WA, MW, and TA, are typically
kerned for a better appearance.
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Select the text to change or select the object. If Edit
> Lock Text is enabled, double-click the text.
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In the Font palette, do one of the following actions:
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To edit the caption and data value, click the Currently Editing
palette menu and select Edit Caption and Value.
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To edit only the caption, click the Currently Editing palette
menu and select Edit Caption.
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To edit only the data value, click the Currently Editing
palette menu and select Edit Value.
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In the Font palette, select Auto Kern.
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