Character Formatting Controls
Control
How it works
Font List
Select the text you'd like to change. Choose a new font family in the Font List drop-down menu.
Font Style
Select the text you'd like to change. Choose a new font stlye in the Font Styl drop-down menu.
Font Size
Select the text you'd like to change. Choose a new font size in the Font Size drop-down menu or manually enter a size.
Leading
Select the text you'd like to change. Using the Leading drop-down menu, increase/ decrease buttons, or by manually entering a value, you can adjust the ammount of space above a line (or lines) of text.
All Caps
Select the text you'd like to change. Click the All Caps button to capitalize all of the selected text.
Small Caps
Select the text you'd to change. Click the Small Caps button to set the selected text to small caps (capitalized text that is the height of lowercase letters.)
Superscript
Select the text you'd like to change. Click the Superscript button to shrink and raise the selected text.
Subscript
Select the text you'd like to change. Click the Subscript button to shrink and lower the selected text.
Underline
Select the text you'd like to change. Click the Underline button to add an underline to selected text.
Strikethrough
Click the Strikethrough button to add a line through the horizontal center of selected text.
Kerning
Place cursor between two characters you'd like to change. Use the drop-down menu or manually enter a value to increase or decrease the space between the characters.
Tracking
Select the text you'd like to change. Use the drop-down menu or manually enter a value to increase or decrease the space between letters in selected text.
Vertical Scale
Use the drop-down list or manually enter a value to vertically stretch selected text.
Baseline Shift
Use the drop-down menu or manually enter a value to vertically shift the bottom position of selected text.
Horizontal Scale
Use the drop-down list or manually enter a value to vertically stretch selected text.
Skew
Use the increase/ decrease buttons or manually enter a value to stretch selected text along a diagonal plane.
Fill Color
Use the drop-down menu to change the font color of selected text. A custom color can also be created and applied to selected text.
Stroke Color
Use the drop-down menu to change the font color of selected text. A custom color can also be created and applied to selected text.
Character Style
Click the Character Style button to create a new style based on the selected text or to apply a saved style
Justification Styles
Click justification buttons to align selected text to left, right, or center of text box.
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