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• Quadruple (4x) click selects a paragraph of text. Quadruple click and drag to select
whole paragraphs at a time.
• Or just drag across the text in the Text Tool to select the text
• "Ctrl + A" will select all the text in the text object (you must be in the TEXTTOOL.)

If you have a text selection any attribute change will apply only to the selected region of
text. If you have only the cursor in the text, then any attribute change, say selecting a
new color, will only appear when you type new text.
Selecting the whole text object

There is a quick shortcut for selecting the whole text object. Instead of using "Ctrl + A" or
dragging across all the text, simply press the "ESC" key. This removes the cursor but
selects the whole text (the status line will confirm 1 text object). This makes it easy to
apply an effect or attribute to the whole text selection.

For example, to change the font size of the whole text object, just press "ESC" and select
the new size from the InfoBar.

Switching case
Use the context menu to change the case of selected text, so right click and choose from
the following options..

• "CHANGE CASE TO" > "LOWER CASE"
• "CHANGE CASE TO" > "UPPER CASE"
• "CHANGE CASE TO" > "SENTENCE CASE"

Additionally...
Pressing "Ctrl + Shift + F1" will make selected text toggle between all uppercase and all
lowercase. So, if you've accidentally typed a section of text with the caps lock key on,
just select the text and press "Ctrl + Shift + F1".

Pressing "Ctrl + W" will swap the case of the character after the cursor and move the
cursor on. You can swap the case of a selected region of text, the same way. Uppercase
characters will become lowercase and vice versa. The cursor will not be moved.
Smart Quotes

When you type quote ' or double quote " characters, Xara Designer Pro X will
automatically convert these into the more appropriate and aesthetically accurate opening
or closing quotes. It is also smart enough to understand the use of single quotes within
words to signify missing characters.

Entering special characters
There are a number of useful shortcuts to allow insertion of special characters, like © or
™. See Special characters (in Text Tool) (on page 672) section in "Menus and keyboard
shortcuts".