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text story flows over several pages and you want to change all the text, then it’s
necessary to "Select all" ("Ctrl + A"), and then apply the required attributes.

Copying/Pasting formatted text (RTF)

You can copy "rich text" (as it's sometimes known) from other applications such as word
processors or editors and paste into Xara Designer Pro X as text, and the fonts, margins,
line spacing and text links will be preserved. This makes it dramatically easier to retain
the style and appearance of your text.

When you paste "Rich Text Format" (RTF) from other applications you are given the
choice of pasting the text in as "Unformatted text" which means it will appear in the font
and style at the cursor where you paste, or "Rich Text Format", i.e. it will retain the style
of the source text.

This also works the other way around. You can copy text in Designer Pro and paste into
other applications that support rich text editing and the style (font, size, colors, margins
etc) will be retained. This will only work if you select and copy a single text object or from
a single text flow.

Changing text into editable shapes

You may want to convert some text into editable character outlines for further
manipulation or if you wish to give the document to someone who does not have the
fonts used in your document.

To do this:

1. Change to the SELECTOR TOOL.
2. Select the text.
3. Choose "Arrange -> Convert to editable shapes" ("Ctrl + Shift + S").
This converts the individual characters into a series of straight and curved lines. To
manipulate individual characters, select the text then select "ARRANGE -> UNGROUP" (Ctrl
+ U) twice. All characters will then be separate objects.

Note: you cannot edit the text with the TEXT TOOL after you have converted it, so make
sure the text is correct before you convert it.

The Fonts Gallery

The FONTS GALLERY serves a number of useful purposes:

• It’s an easy way to preview the style of all fonts on your system.