CorelDRAW Help | Changing text color

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To quickly change the color of a text object

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Changing text color

You can quickly change both the fill and outline color of text. You can change the fill, outline, and background color of text. You can change the color of individual characters, a block of text, or all characters in a text object.

Left to right: Background color is applied to artistic text, paragraph text, and selected characters

To quickly change the color of a text object

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Using the Pick tool

, click a text object to select it.

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Perform a task from the following table.

To	Do the following
To fill characters in a text object with one color	Click any color swatch on the default color palette or drag a color swatch to the text object.
To apply an outline color to all characters in a text object	Right-click any color swatch on the default color palette or drag a color swatch to the edge of a character in the text object.

To change the color of a text selection

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Using the Text tool

, select a character or a block of text.

If the Object properties docker is not open, click Window

Dockers

Object properties.

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In the Object properties docker, click the Character button

to display the character-related options.

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In the Character area of the Object properties docker, perform one or more tasks from the following table.

To	Do the following
Choose a fill	In the text color area, choose a fill type from the Fill type list box, open the Fill picker, and then click a color or a fill.
Modify fill settings	In the text color area, click the Fill settings button , and modify the settings in the dialog box.
Choose a background fill	In the text background color area, choose a fill type from the Background fill type list box, open the Fill picker, and then click a color or a fill.
Modify background fill settings	In the text background color area, click the Fill settings button, and modify the settings in the dialog box.
Choose an outline width	In the text outline color area, click the Outline width button, and choose an option from the list.
Choose an outline color	In the text outline color area, click the Outline color picker, and click a color.
Modify line outline settings	In the text outline color area, click the Outline settings button , and modify the settings in the Outline pen dialog box.

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