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1. In the Text area, highlight the word you want to search for in the thesaurus.
2. In the menu bar of the Text properties, choose Tools | Thesaurus.
l Looked up: Displays the word for which the thesaurus is currently displaying choices. Use the box to view and
select words you previously entered in this thesaurus session.
l Contexts: Displays a list of the different contexts in which the word might occur.
l Choices list: Displays a list of possible synonyms for the selected word in the selected context. Click a word in
this list to have it appear in the Replace with box.
l Replace with: Displays the word with which you want to replace the word that appears in the Looked up box.
You can either enter the word manually or click a word in the Choices list.
3. Do any of the following:
l To replace the word with one of the words in the Choices list, click the word in the Choices list, then click
Replace.
l To look up another word, either enter the word in the Replace with box and click Lookup or, if the word
appears in the Choices list, click it and then click Lookup.
l To return to a previous lookup, click Previous or, in the Looked up box, select the previous lookup.
Change the Width of the Text Object in the Text Area
To change the width of a text object in the Text area:
1. In the Text area, locate the width marker. The width marker is initially aligned with the right edge of the right indent
marker.
2. Position the pointer over the width marker to display the resize pointer, then click and drag the width marker to the new
position.
Use Variables in a Text Object
You can reference both system and global variables from a text object. The global variables you reference within a text object
can be of type string, measure, integer, and currency.
If you reference a global variable in a text object and subsequently change the type of the global variable to one not supported
by the text object, PlanetPress Design replaces the global variable in the text object with a blank space. The next time you
open the text object, an error message appears in the Messages area of the Object Preview and in the status bar of the text
object. You cannot exit the text object until you remove all references to the global variable.
You can also create local variables that are internal to the text object. The value of a local variable can be a data selection, a
constant, or a PlanetPress Talk expression.
You insert a data selection in a text object by creating a local variable that contains the data selection. Note that you cannot
modify the value of those variables through the PlanetPress Talk before paragraph and PlanetPress Talk after paragraph prop-
erties.
Also note that if you use a global variable to display Arabic text in a Text object, the data will not be displayed correctly in the
application. To fix this, you need to initialize the variable content using the MapUTF8 PlanetPress Talk command.
To determine the variables currently available in the text object, do any of the following:
l To determine the global variables available Choose Variables | Global Variables.
l To determine the local variables available Choose Variables | Data Selections Available.
To insert an existing variable, do one of the following:
l To insert a local variable Choose Variables | Data Selections Available. Then choose the local variable you
want to insert from the menu that appears.
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