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232 Text Handling

Now when the text is edited on one text object, the others will be updated automatically,
even if they are stampeded across different layers throughout your document. Note that
this synchronization still works even if some of the text objects are on locked or invisible
layers.

To ungroup a Soft Group, select "ARRANGE" > "REMOVE SOFT GROUP" ("Ctrl + Alt + U").
See the Soft Groups section of the Object Handling (on page 92) chapter for more
information on Soft Groups.

Tabs, Margins and Indents

Rulers

To adjust tabs, margins and indents you need to turn on rulers in your document.
To do this:

• Choose "WINDOW" > "BARS" > "RULERS" or right click a page and choose "SHOW
GRID/GUIDES" > "SHOW RULERS".
• Or press "Ctrl + (Shift) + R".
• Or press "Ctrl + L" (when not in the TEXT TOOL).

The enhanced text features will only appear on the ruler when you are using the
TEXT TOOL and when the text cursor is in a text story or the text object is selected
when in the TEXT TOOL.

In the TEXT TOOL when you drag the margins or tabs on the ruler, you get a temporary
vertical guide to make it easier to align the tabs or margins to objects elsewhere on the
page. In addition when dragging tabs or margins, if you have magnetic snap switched on,
these will snap to each other making it easier to position tabs and margins.

Margins and indents
Any changes you make are made to the current paragraph of text. (i.e. the paragraph
containing the text cursor) or, if you have a selected region of text, to the paragraphs of
the selected region.

You can apply changes to all text in a text story by selecting all the text within that story
("Ctrl + A"). To change more than one text story, select the text objects while in the
SELECTOR TOOL then change to the TEXT TOOL and make the required changes.

Left margin. Drag this to change the left margin of the text.
First line margin. Drag this to change the left margin for the first line of the
paragraph (useful for lists, as shown below).
Right margin. Drag this to change the right margin of the text.