To resize text

To	Do the following
Increase the size of text	Select the text using the Text tool , hold
	down Ctrl, and press 8 on the number pad.
Decrease the size of text	Select the text using the Text tool, hold
	down Ctrl, and press 2 on the number pad.
Specify the amount by which to resize text	Click Tools ` Options. Click Tools `
	Options. In the list of categories, click Text,
	and type a value in the Keyboard text
	increment box.
	If you want to change the default unit of
	measure, choose a unit from the Default
	text units list box.

You must be in Num lock mode to increase or decrease the size of text.

To greek text

1Click Tools ` Options.

2In the list of categories, click Text.

3Type a value in the Greek text below box.

Finding, editing, and converting text

You can find text in a drawing and replace it automatically. You can edit text directly in the drawing window or in a dialog box.

CorelDRAW lets you convert artistic text to paragraph text if you require more formatting options, and paragraph text to artistic text if you’d like to apply special effects.

You can also convert both paragraph and artistic text to curves. This transforms characters into single line and curve objects, letting you add, delete, or move the nodes of individual characters to alter their shape. For more information, see “Working with curve objects” on page 101. When you convert text to curves, the appearance of the text is preserved, including font, style, character position and rotation, spacing, and any

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other text settings and effects. Any linked text objects are also converted to curves. If you convert paragraph text in a fixed-sized frame to curves, any text that overflows the frame is deleted. For information about fitting text to a frame, see “Formatting paragraph text” on page 226.

To find text

1Click Edit ` Find and replace ` Find text.

2Type the text you want to find in the Find what box.

If you want to find the exact case of the text you specified, enable the Match case check box.

3Click Find next.

To find and replace text

1Click Edit ` Find and replace ` Replace text.

2Type the text you want to find in the Find what box.

If you want to find the exact case of the text you specified, enable the Match case check box.

3Type the replacement text in the Replace with box.

4Click one of the following buttons:

• Find next — finds the next occurrence of the text specified in the Find what

box

•Replace — replaces the selected occurrence of the text specified in the Find what box. If no occurrence is selected, Replace finds the next occurrence.

•Replace all — replaces every occurrence of the text specified in the Find what

box

To edit text

1Select the text.

2Click Text ` Edit text.

3Make changes to the text in the Edit text dialog box.

You can also

Edit text in the drawing window	Select the text using the Text tool , and
	edit it.
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