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The left half of the window deals with the
box, or object, itself: the XY axes represent the element's upper
left corner position, in relation to the rulers and their current "0" point.
You can move an element by double clicking on the X or Y and changing
it's value
WH represents the size of the selected text (or pix) box. Double click
on the dimension you wish to change, type in the new measurement and
then enter or return to have your box resized, or reshaped.
The angle icon indicates the angle of the selected box. Negative numbers
rotate the element clockwise. Double click the degree, type in a new
number and then Enter or Return.
Below the angle is the "columns" number—how
many columns are formatted for the current text box (1 in this case).
Double click on the number, type in the number of columns desired
and then Enter or Return.
The right half of the window deals with the
contents of the selected box: the arrows in the boxes correspond
to the "flip horizontal" and "flip
vertical" commands under the Style menu. Make those modifications
here by clicking on the one you want
In the forth box from the left, next to the "flip" arrows,
is the leading indicator. In this example, the leading is set to 16
points. Either scroll to a different leading by clicking on the up
or down arrows, or highlight the number and change it. Press Return
or Enter to affect the change.
Change tracking—below leading—by
scrolling, or typing the desired number. Negative numbers represent
tighter letter spacing.
To the right are your text alignment choices: flush left, centered,
flush right, force justified and justified. Click on the alignment
of your choice (your text should be selected first).
The typeface indicator is a pop up menu, as represented by the triangles.
Click and hold on the triangle to scroll to the desired typeface. Or,
if you know the font name, you can highlight the typeface and begin
to type the name of the new one. It will show up automatically, after
you've typed just a few letters.
To the right of the typeface indicator is the point size indicator.
You can choose from the pop up menu, or double click on the number
and type in a new size.
Below the typeface and size are the style choices. Click on as many
as you want, to change the appearance of your text.
The little "k" represents small caps, the large "K" represents
all caps, the "·2" gives you superscript, "‚2" gives
you subscript, and "2" puts your type into superior style,
which is tiny type, set up from the baseline.
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