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Text Tool

Selecting the Text Tool and clicking in the workspace is how the designer creates a text object. The following table describes the elements and functions for the Text Tool.

Element

Function

Enter Text

Static text and/or a template variable is entered here.

Font

List of fonts that can be selected for the object. These were setup on the Main Screen of the template.

Properties

Font size , alignment and leading options are entered here.

Fit Method

Set to Default for the field to be displayed as entered. Set to Scale to Fit and Q-Design will scale the entered date to fit within the Width and Height parameters set.

X pos and Y pos

Fields that represent the starting coordinates of the text

Width

Specifies the overall width of the text box.

Height

Specifies the overall height of the text box.

Rotate

Allows the designer to rotate the text box

Hz Scaling

Scales the horizontal text on a percentage.

WordSpace

Allows the designer to control the amount of space in between each word of the object. *Amount set in points.

CharSpace

Allows the designer to control the amount of space in between each character of the object. *Amount set in points.

In This Section

Auto Fit

See Also

The Page Editor

Screen Overview

Design Tools

Line and Rectangle tools

Text Box Tool

Image Tool

Page Tool

Object Properties

Rules