User Guide

Chapter 10332
The Text context menu (Windows)
In Windows, the Text context menu displays many of the choices that are also
available in the Text menu, Text toolbar, and Text inspectors. You access the Text
context menu by right-clicking a text block.
Setting precise type specifications
You can perform the following functions to create and manage type attributes:
• Specify font, style, and type size
• Convert type case to change character to all uppercase, all small caps, or
other options
• Set alignment, leading, range kerning, and baseline shift
• Space characters and words precisely to adjust horizontal scaling or space
between words or letters
• Select or find and replace type attributes
If you change type specifications with text selected, the settings are applied to the
selection only, and type specifications revert to the default settings for subsequent
text. If you change type specifications with no text selected, the settings are
applied to any subsequent text you enter.
Choosing a font, type size, and style
You can choose a font, type size, and style using the Text Character inspector or
options in the Text menu or the Text toolbar.
You can set text preferences to control the display of font previews and to greek
type (display type as a gray bar) below a specified point size.
To choose a font, do one of the following:
• Choose Text > Font and choose a font from the submenu.
• Choose Window > Inspectors > Text and click the Character button. In the
Text Character inspector, click the scroll button next to the Font text box and
choose a font from the menu, or enter a font name in the text box.
• In the Text toolbar, click the scroll button next to the Font text box and choose
a font from the menu, or enter a font name in the text box.