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Rich Text Specification Dialog

• Select a Font from the drop-down list.
• Click the Insert Macro button to
• Specify the Text Size in drawing units. place a Text Macro at the location of the
cursor. Not available when multiple text
• Click the Print Size button to open objects are selected. User Defined macros
the Printed Size Input dialog. See “Scal- are only available when the selected Rich
ing Text” on page 505.
Text object points to an eligible object
using a Leader Line or Text Line with
• Click the Color button to specify the
color of the selected or subsequently Arrow. See “Text Macros” on page 522.
typed text. See “Color Chooser/Select • Specify the Zoom factor of the selected
Color Dialog” on page 203. If Layer text by typing a percentage value in the
Color Text is checked on the APPEAR- text field or clicking the up/down arrows.
ANCE panel, any custom colors specified This setting only affects the text as it
here are lost. appears in this dialog.

• Click the Bold button to specify the
selected text as bold. Note: Some fonts cannot be drawn at certain
zoom factors. When this is the case, the
• Click the Italic button to specify the appearance of the text will not change.
selected text as italic.
2 Type or paste text in the Text Entry
• Click the Underline button to specify field. See “Copy, Cut and Paste” on
the selected text as underlined. page 506.
• Depending on the current Preferences
• Click the Strikethrough button to
specify the selected text as stricken- settings, pressing the Enter key either
through. forces a new line in the text box or closes
the dialog. A carriage return can also be
• Click the Uppercase button to dis- added by typing Shift + Enter or Ctrl +
play the selected text in all capital letters. Enter. See “Text Panel” on page 110.

• Click the Align Left , Align • Right-click in the Text Entry field to
access a contextual menu from which you
Center , or Align Right button to can select Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste,
specify the how text is aligned. Spell Check and Select All. See “Contex-
tual Menus” on page 39.
• Click the Paragraph Options button
to specify the selected paragraph’s align- • To edit text in the entry field, click and
ment, spacing and bullets or numbering drag to highlight any portion of it and
in the Paragraph Options dialog. then use the tools on the Edit Bar as
needed.
• Click the Spell Check button to
check the spelling in the selected text • If the program identifies any spelling
object. See “Spell Check” on page 509. issues, they will be underlined in red.

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