| Adding and selecting text |
There are two types of text you can add to drawingsartistic
text and paragraph text. Artistic text can be used to add short lines of
text to which you can apply a large range of effects, such as drop shadows.
Paragraph text can be used for larger bodies of text that have greater
formatting requirements.
You can add text directly in the drawing window; however, you must create a
text frame for each paragraph text object that you want to add.
A text frame can be fixed-sized or automatically sized. A fixed-sized text
frame displays a limited amount of paragraph text. Any text that continues
past the bottom right border of the text frame is hidden until you enlarge
the text frame. An automatically sized text frame adjusts as you type to
display all of the text.
Inserting paragraph text frames in graphic objects lets you use objects as
containers for text so that you can change the shape of the text frames. You
can also separate a text frame from a container object. When you do, the
text frame retains the object's shape.
To modify text, you must first select it. You can select entire text
objects, specific characters, or single characters. The tool that you use to
select text depends on whether you want to affect an entire text object (for
example, a paragraph text frame) or only a portion of the text. |
|
Example
Finding,
editing, and converting text |
You can find text in a drawing and replace it without
having to retype the text. This is especially useful when a drawing consists
of a lot of text. You can also retype selected text directly in the drawing
window.
CorelDRAW lets you convert artistic text to paragraph text if you decide you
require more formatting options, and paragraph text to artistic text if
you'd like to apply special effects. You can also convert artistic text to
curves so that you can modify the shape of characters and preserve their
appearance when you open a drawing on another computer.
Converting text to curves transforms characters to single line and curve
objects, letting you add, delete, or move the nodes of a character to alter
its shape. By converting artistic text to curves, you can change the shape
of individual characters. For more information, see "Working with curve
objects.” |
| Moving text |
| CorelDRAW lets you move paragraph text between frames,
artistic text between artistic text objects, and both types of text between
paragraph text and artistic text. |
| Changing the
appearance of text |
You can enhance artistic text and paragraph text by
modifying their character properties. For example, you can change the font
type and size or make the text bold or italic. You can also change the
default text style, so that every artistic or paragraph text object you
create has the same properties, and change the case of text to lowercase or
uppercase without deleting or replacing letters. If a drawing includes
scientific notation, you can make text subscript or superscript.
You can also add underlines, overscores, and strikethrough lines to text and
change the thickness of these lines, as well as the distance between text
and a line.
As you add text, you can change its appearance. By default, the unit of
measure is points; you can change this setting for the active drawing and
all subsequent drawings you create.
Greeking text lets you increase the redraw speed by representing text with
lines. You can make text readable again by reducing the greeking value. |
|
Example
Shifting,
rotating, and spacing text |
Shifting artistic and paragraph text vertically and
horizontally can create an interesting effect. You can also rotate
characters and straighten characters that you've angled or shifted.
Straightening text pulls the text into its original position. You can return
characters you've shifted vertically to the baseline and maintain a
rotation.
You can change character and word spacing in an entire paragraph text frame
or in selected paragraphs only. Changing the spacing of artistic text and
paragraph text can make it more readable. Changing the line spacing for
artistic text applies the spacing to lines of text separated by a carriage
return. For paragraph text, the spacing applies to lines of text within the
same paragraph. You can also change the spacing before and after paragraphs
in paragraph text, as well as the spacing between all characters, all words,
or characters and words proportionately.
You can kern specific characters. Kerning balances the optical space between
letters in a word. Kerning differs from spacing in that it affects only the
white space between the specified characters. You can also specify whether
character outlines are hidden or displayed when you space characters
manually. |
| Aligning text |
You can align both paragraph and artistic text. Aligning
paragraph text lines up text relative to the paragraph text frame. You can
horizontally align all paragraphs or only selected paragraphs in a paragraph
text frame. Furthermore, you can vertically align all paragraphs in the
columns of a paragraph text frame.
When you align artistic text, it is aligned with the point you clicked to
type the text. If characters have not been shifted horizontally, applying no
alignment produces the same result as applying left alignment. Artistic text
can only be aligned horizontally. |
| Displaying nonprinting characters |
| You can specify which nonprinting characters, such as
spaces and tabs, displays. For example, if you choose to display nonprinting
characters, each space you add displays as a tiny black dot. You can display
nonprinting characters only when you edit text or as part of your drawing
when you add text. |
| Assigning
different languages to text |
| A drawing can consist of text that alternates between
different languages. As long as you identify the language of each paragraph
or word as you type, CorelDRAW will check the spelling of the drawing and
automatically switch between the languages. For example, if you have a
French language module installed on your computer, you can include a French
word or paragraph in English text. In order for CorelDRAW to recognize the
languages as being different, you have to identify them before or after you
type the text. When you check the spelling of the text, CorelDRAW identifies
each language, as opposed to indicating them as errors. You can use the
writing tools the same way you would if the text was all in one language.
For a list of jumps to all of the writing tools in CorelDRAW, see "Working
with text.” |
| Specifying Quick
Correct settings |
| Adding words to Quick Correct lets you replace
abbreviations and words that you often mistype. The next time you type the
misspelled word, Quick Correct corrects the word automatically |
| Using the
Thesaurus |
You can use the Thesaurus to refine your writing style. The
Thesaurus lets you look up options such as Synonyms, Antonyms, and Related
words. depending on the language and version of Thesaurus you're using. When
you select more than one look-up option in the Options list box, the
Thesaurus displays the look-up options selected and suggests words.
The Thesaurus replaces or inserts words in a drawing. The Insert button
becomes a Replace button when you want to replace a word in a drawing with a
word the Thesaurus suggests. The Thesaurus does not specify word forms for
verbs that appear the same in both the present and past tense and words used
as multiple parts of speech. Thesaurus lets you choose the correct word form
to insert or replace in a drawing.
You can customize the Thesaurus to automatically look up a word, help you
with the spelling, or automatically close. You can also choose the language
that you want to work in, and set |
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Example
Customizing the
Writing tools |
You can customize how Spell check checks spelling in a
drawing. You can choose how Spell check starts, searches for misspelled
words, irregular capitalization, duplicate words, and words with numbers.
You can also have Spell check spell check your text in a specific language
and you can add words to a User word list or a Main word list.
You can customize how Grammatik checks grammar in a drawing. |
| Using rule
classes |
Rule classes contain groups of grammar and style rules.
Grammatik uses rule classes to detect common writing errors.
You can enable or disable rule classes at any time during a Grammatik
session. You can also choose which rule classes to apply during a Grammatik
session, edit a rule class or save a new set of rules as a Checking style.
Enabling or disabling rule classes
You can enable or disable rule classes at any time during a Grammatik
session. When you disable a rule, Grammatik ignores all of the errors
associated with that rule during the current proofreading session.
Adding, deleting, or saving rule classes
You can customize rule classes to suit proofreading requirements. For
example you can create rule classes for certain types of drawings such as
technical reports. You can also add a rule, delete a rule, and save a set of
rules as a new checking style. |
