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Formatting text

Corel PHOTO-PAINT lets you format text to enhance its appearance. For example, you can change the font attributes, such as style and size, and you can underline, strike through, and overline text. You can also add superscript or subscript text, which is useful if an image requires footnotes or mathematical symbols.

Kerning text changes the space between characters. You can also shift text characters vertically and horizontally or change the angle of the text.


To change font attributes

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Select the text by using the Text tool Photo Paint loc pgx text tool Formatting text.
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Click Object Photo Paint onestep Formatting text Text Photo Paint onestep Formatting text Character formatting.
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In the Character formatting docker, modify any font attributes.

Photo Paint tip Formatting text

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You can also change the font style of selected text by clicking the Bold Photo Paint pgx bold button Formatting text button or the Italic Photo Paint pgx italic button Formatting text button on the property bar.

To underline, strike through, and overline text

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Select the text by using the Text tool Photo Paint loc pgx text tool Formatting text.
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Click Object Photo Paint onestep Formatting text Text Photo Paint onestep Formatting text Character formatting.
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In the Character formatting docker, click the roll-down arrow on the Character effects bar, and choose a line style from one of the following list boxes:
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Underline — underlines the text
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Strikethru — adds a line through the text
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Overline — adds a line above the text

You can also
Customize the thickness of a line
In the Underline, Strikethru, or Overline list box, click Edit, and type a value in the Thickness box.
Customize the distance between the text and the line
In the Underline, Strikethru, or Overline list box, click Edit, and type a value in the Baseline shift box.

Photo Paint tip Formatting text

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You can add a single underline to selected text by clicking the Underline Photo Paint pgx underline button Formatting text button on the property bar.

To add superscript or subscript text

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Select the text by using the Text tool Photo Paint loc pgx text tool Formatting text.
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Click Object Photo Paint onestep Formatting text Text Photo Paint onestep Formatting text Character formatting.
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In the Character formatting docker, click the roll-down arrow on the Character effects bar, and choose one of the following text positions from the Position list box:
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Superscript
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Subscript

To kern text

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Select the text by using the Text tool Photo Paint loc pgx text tool Formatting text.
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Click Object Photo Paint onestep Formatting text Text Photo Paint onestep Formatting text Character formatting.
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In the Character formatting docker, type a value in the Range kerning box.

To shift characters

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Select the text by using the Text tool Photo Paint loc pgx text tool Formatting text.
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Click Object Photo Paint onestep Formatting text Text Photo Paint onestep Formatting text Character formatting.
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In the Character formatting docker, click the roll-down arrow on the Character shift bar, and type a value in any of the following boxes:
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Horizontal — shifts text characters to the left or right
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Vertical — shifts text characters up or down

Photo Paint note Formatting text

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Positive horizontal values move the characters to the right; negative horizontal values move them to the left. Positive vertical values move the characters up; negative vertical values move the characters down.

To change the angle of text

Photo Paint btnbacktotop Formatting text
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Select the text by using the Text tool Photo Paint loc pgx text tool Formatting text.
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Click Object Photo Paint onestep Formatting text Text Photo Paint onestep Formatting text Character formatting.
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In the Character formatting docker, click the roll-down arrow on the Character shift bar, and type a value from 0 to 360 in the Angle box.

Formatting text