Shifting and rotating text

Shifting artistic and paragraph text vertically and horizontally can create an interesting effect. You can also rotate characters. Straightening text pulls the text into its original position. You can return vertically shifted characters to the baseline without affecting their rotation angle.

Rotated characters

To shift or rotate a character

1Select the character or characters using the Text tool .

2Click Text ` Format text.

3Click the Character tab.

4In the Shift area, type a value in one of the following boxes:

•Horizontal — a positive number moves characters to the right, and a negative number moves characters to the left

•Vertical — a positive number moves characters up, and a negative number moves characters down

•Rotate — a positive number rotates characters counter-clockwise, and a negative number rotates characters clockwise

You can also shift or rotate characters whose nodes you select using the Shape tool by typing values in the Horizontal shift box, Vertical shift box, or Angle of rotation box on the property bar.

CorelDRAW: Adding and formatting text

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