Text Editing Options

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Text Editing Options


 

Editor-Icon Text Editing Options

 


 

When tools that contain text options are being used, text editing options are enabled in the Properties Toolbar. Available properties depend on the active tool. Detailed below are all available properties:

 

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Figure 1. Text Editing Options

 

Fill Color determines the text color.

Stroke Color determines the color of the text border.

Border Width determines the width of the text border.

Font determines the text font.

Font Size determines the font size.

Grow Font increases the font size.

Shrink Font decreases the font size.

Bold emboldens text.

Italic (or Ctrl+I) italicizes text.

Underline underlines text.

Strikethrough strikes through text.

Subscript transforms text into subscript, which is used in special cases such as chemical compounds.

Superscript transforms text into subscript, which is used in special cases such as mathematical formulae.

Align Text Left aligns text on the left side of the text box.

Center Text centers text in the center of the text box.

Align Text Right aligns text on the left side of the text box.

Justify Text (or Ctrl+J) justifies text within text boxes.

Clear Style reverts selected text that has been edited to the default style for the current tool.

Set as Default sets the current style as the default style for the current tool.

Apply Default Style applies the default text style for the current tool to selected text.

Properties opens the Properties pane, which displays a summary of the properties of selected text and can also be used to edit text properties.