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CorelDRAW lets you align text in various ways. You can align paragraph text horizontally and vertically in relation to its text frame. You can align paragraph text with the baseline grid. For more information, see Aligning text by using the baseline grid. You can also align text to a selected object.
You can align a text object with other objects by using the baseline of the first line, the baseline of the last line, or the edge of the text frame.
Artistic text can be aligned horizontally, but not vertically. When you align artistic text, the entire text object is aligned in relation to the bounding box. If characters have not been shifted horizontally, applying no alignment produces the same result as applying left alignment.
Artistic text is aligned within the bounding box, which is indicated by eight selection handles (black squares). The text at the top is left-aligned; the text at the bottom is right-aligned.
| To align text horizontally |  |
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Do one of the following:
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Using the Text tool
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Using the Pick tool
 , click an artistic text object or a text frame whose content
you want to align.
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If the Object properties docker is not open, click Window  Dockers Object properties. |
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In the Object properties docker, click the Paragraph button
 to display the
paragraph-related options.
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In the Paragraph area of the Object properties docker, click one of the following
buttons:
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None — applies the default alignment setting
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Align left — aligns text with the left side of the text frame or the bounding box
of artistic text
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Center — centers text within the text frame
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Align right — aligns text with the right side of the text frame and the bounding
box of artistic text
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Full justify — aligns text, with the exception of the last line, with the left and
right sides of the text frame
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Force justify — aligns text, including the last line, with the left and right sides
of the text frame
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You can also align text horizontally by clicking the Horizontal alignment
button on the property bar and choosing an alignment style from the list box.
The property bar displays an icon that corresponds to the current alignment
style.
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You can align multiple paragraphs in a text frame by selecting them with the
Text tool
and choosing an alignment style.
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| To align paragraph text vertically | |
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Using the Pick tool
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If the Object properties docker is not open, click Window Dockers Object properties. |
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In the Object properties docker, click the Frame button
 to display the frame-
related options.
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In the Frame area of the Object properties docker, choose an alignment option
from the Vertical alignment list box.
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| To align text with an object | |
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Using the Pick tool
, hold down Shift, click the text object, and then click the
object.
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Click Arrange Align and distribute Align and distribute.
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Choose one of the following from the For text source objects use list box:
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First line baseline — uses the baseline of the first line of text to align the objects
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Last line baseline — uses the baseline of the last line of text to align the objects
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Bounding box — aligns text with its bounding box
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Enable one of the following horizontal alignment check boxes:
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Left
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Right
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Center
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Enable one of the following vertical alignment check boxes:
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Top
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Bottom
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Center
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Click Apply.
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If you select the text objects one at a time, the last object selected is the
reference point for aligning the other objects. If you marquee select the objects
before you align them, the object that is positioned in the upper-left corner of
the selection is used.
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If you have applied a linear transformation, such as rotation, to the text and are
aligning objects with a baseline, the objects align with the baseline point of the
starting edge of the text object.
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You can also align text objects by selecting them and clicking the Align and
distribute button
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