Corel DESIGNER Help | Changing character position and angle

Quick links to procedures on this page:

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To shift a character

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To rotate a character

Changing character position and angle

You can modify the appearance of text by shifting the characters vertically or horizontally, which changes the position of the selected characters relative to the surrounding characters.

You can also rotate characters by specifying an angle of rotation.

Examples of rotating text

To shift a character

1 .

Using the Text tool

, select a character or a block of text.

If the Property manager docker is not open, click Window

Property manager.

2 .

In the Property manager docker, click the Character button

to display the character-related options.

3 .

In the Character area of the Property manager docker, click the arrow button

located at the bottom of Character area to display additional options.

4 .

Perform one or more tasks from the following table.

To	Do the following
Shift characters horizontally	Type a value in the Horizontal character offset box.
Shift characters vertically	Type a value in the Vertical character offset box.

To rotate a character

1 .

Using the Text tool

, select a character or a block of text.

If the Property manager docker is not open, click Window

Property manager.

2 .

In the Property manager docker, click the Character button

to display the character-related options.

3 .

In the Character area of the Property manager docker, click the arrow button

located at the bottom of Character area to display additional options.

4 .

Type a value in the Character angle box.

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