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When using these symbols in bulleted lists (on page 262) you can adjust the vertical
position using the VERTICAL OFFSET function within the LIST PROPERTIES dialog. Right-
click on a list item and select LIST PROPERTIES... from the context menu, and then adjust
using VERTICAL OFFSET.

Inserting Symbols into text
Place the TEXT TOOL carat at the point in your text where you wish to place the icon and
then click on an icon in the collection. The symbol character is inserted into the text.

When you insert a symbol into your document this way, the symbol characters use either
the Font Awesome or Material Icons fonts. If you later publish your document as HTML,
you’ll see a warning telling you that the font will be published with your document or
website. This is not a problem, because the font licenses permit such use.

A symbol inserted as a font using the Text Tool

Inserting Symbols as graphics
To insert the icon as a scalable vector graphic simply make sure that the text caret is not
present before you click on the symbol to be inserted. To clear the text caret, switch to
the Selector Tool or any other tool except the Text tool.

The symbol will appear in the center of the workspace (be aware this may be behind the
symbol dialog). Use the Selector tool to move it to where you want it in your document, or
resize it, etc.
When you insert a symbol this way, your document does not need the appropriate font
anymore because it’s been converted to a graphic on insertion. So if you publish to
HTML you won’t see the font warning mentioned above.

A symbol inserted as a scalable graphic