The text editor allows you to add and format text. In Write mode, it opens when you add or edit text items.
The text editor provides the following options:
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Character Style
Allows you to change the appearance of selected text within paragraphs. This overrides the paragraph style applied to the corresponding paragraph.
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Paragraph Style
Allows you to change the paragraph style applied to the whole text item. Depending on the paragraph style, this can change the appearance, formatting, and alignment of the text.
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Font
Allows you to change the font family of selected text.
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Font Style
Allows you to change the font style of selected text.
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Depending on the font selected, some font styles might not be available.
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You can also change the font style using the following standard key commands:
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Ctrl/Cmd-B for bold
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Ctrl/Cmd-I for italic
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Font Size
Allows you to change the size of selected text.
TipYou can also change the font size using the following key commands:
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Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-. to increase the font size
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Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-, to decrease the font size
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Font Stretch
Allows you to make selected text wider or narrower.
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Baseline Shift
Allows you to shift the baseline of selected text gradually up or down.
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Letter Spacing
Allows you to increase/decrease the space between the characters of selected text.
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Word Spacing
Allows you to increase/decrease the space between the words of selected text.
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Alignment
Allows you to choose one of the following alignments for the text item relative to its rhythmic position:
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Align Left
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Align Center
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Align Right
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Line Types
Allows you to show any of the following types of lines, in any combination, on selected text:
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Underline
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Overline
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Strikethrough
TipYou can also make selected text underlined by pressing Ctrl/Cmd-U.
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Script Types
Allows you to position selected text in one of the following positions relative to the text on the baseline:
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Superscript
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Subscript
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Foreground Color
Allows you to change the color of selected text.
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Background Color
Allows you to change the background color of selected text.
If you override the paragraph style of text in an individual text item or text frame, such as by making text bold, any changes you later make to corresponding parameters of the paragraph style are not applied to the overridden text. However, font size overrides are combined with the font size in the paragraph style.