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Bulleted and numbered lists
Use the bullet and numbered list buttons on the TEXT TOOL InfoBar to quickly enter
bulleted or numbered lists. You can right click on a numbered list and choose LIST
PROPERTIES… from the context menu to change the numbering scheme for your list. You
can also use any graphic as the bullet or number in your list. See the Text Tool chapter
(on page 196) for more information.
Soft Shadows, Color Filled Text, Transparent Text

You can apply any of these effects using the appropriate tools, e.g., if you drag across
some text in the FILL TOOL it will give it a graduated color, or if you drag on it with the
SHADOW TOOL it will give it a soft shadow.
In all these cases Web Designer Premium will automatically convert the text to be a
graphic on your exported website.
Text Repel Around Objects

If you right click on an object like a photo and select the menu option 'REPEL TEXT UNDER
(on page 236)' you can make text flow around the object that is on top of the text.

Many of the objects, such as photos, side panels, buttons and headings used in the
templates from the ONLINE CONTENT CATALOG are automatically repelling - the text will
always flow around these objects as you drag them around.
Repelling objects only repel text that is behind the object - so you may have to 'bring to
front' the object in order for the repel to work ("Ctrl + F"). Alternatively if you only want an
object to repel text within an individual layer, you can prevent text that is below that layer
from being repelled - see Layer Properties (on page 449).

All operations in the TEXT TOOL are live - the text re-formats and re-flows as you adjust
the column width or move repelling objects around.

Note: You can now also repel text around anchored objects (on page 43).

Anchored Objects
If you want a graphical object to appear next to a particular part of a block of text, you
can anchor the object to the text so it moves with it.

Right click the object and choose ANCHOR TO TEXT. Using the SELECTOR TOOL click and
drag the anchor symbol that appears in the top left of the object to the location in the text
where you would like the object anchored. Now if you edit or move the text, the anchored
object moves with the anchor point.