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CorelDRAW offers various formatting options for paragraph text. For example, you can fit text to a paragraph text frame. Fitting text to a text frame increases or decreases the point size of text so that it fits the text frame exactly. You can also use columns to lay out text-intensive projects, such as newsletters, magazines, and newspapers. You can create columns of equal or varying widths and gutters.
Applying drop caps to paragraphs enlarges the initial letter and insets it into the body of text. You can customize a drop cap by changing its settings. For example, you can change the distance between the drop cap and the body of text, or specify the number of lines of text that you want to appear next to the drop cap. You can remove the drop cap at any point, without deleting the letter.
You can use bulleted lists to format information. You can have text wrap around bullets, or you can offset a bullet from text to create a hanging indent. CorelDRAW lets you customize bullets by changing their size, position, and distance from text. You can also change the spacing between items in a bulleted list. For more information, see To change the text spacing.
After you add a bullet, you can remove it without deleting the text.
You can add tab stops to indent paragraph text, remove tab stops, and change the alignment of tab stops. You can also set tab stops with trailing leader characters, so that dots automatically precede the tab stops.
When adding drop caps, bullets, tab stops, and columns, you can save time by previewing all the changes you make before committing to them. When you preview the changes, they are temporarily applied directly to the text in the drawing window. You can see exactly how the new settings would affect your drawing if they were applied.
Indenting changes the space between a paragraph text frame and the text that it contains. You can add and remove indents without deleting or retyping text. You can indent an entire paragraph, the first line of a paragraph, or all lines of a paragraph except the first line (a hanging indent). You can also indent from the right side of the text frame.
You can change the formatting of selected paragraph text frames, or of selected text frames plus the text frames with which they are currently linked. For information about setting these options, see To choose formatting options for paragraph text frames.
| To fit text to a paragraph text frame | |
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Select a paragraph text frame.
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Click Text  Paragraph text frame Fit text to frame.
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If you fit text to linked paragraph text frames, the application adjusts the size
of text in all the linked text frames. For more information about linking text
frames, see Combining and linking paragraph text frames.
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| To add columns to paragraph text frames | |
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Select a paragraph text frame.
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Click Text Columns.
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If you want to see how the columns will appear when they are applied to the text, enable the Preview check box. |
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Type a value in the Number of columns box.
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Specify settings and options.
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You can change the size of columns and gutters by using the Text tool  to
drag a side selection handle in the drawing window.
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| To add a drop cap | |
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Select the paragraph text.
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Click Text Drop cap.
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If you want to see how the drop cap will appear when it is applied to the text, enable the Preview check box. |
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Enable the Use drop cap check box.
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You can add a drop cap (left) or a hanging indent drop cap (right).
| To add bullets | |
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Select the paragraph text.
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Click Text Bullets.
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Enable the Use bullets check box.
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If you want to see how the bullets will appear when they are applied to the text, enable the Preview check box. |
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In the Appearance area, choose a font from the Font list box.
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Open the Symbol picker, and click a symbol.
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Type a value in the Size box to specify the bullet size.
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Type a value in the Baseline shift box to specify the distance that the bullet is
shifted from the baseline.
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In the Spacing area, type a value in the Text frame to bullet box to specify the
distance that the bullet is indented from the paragraph text frame.
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Type a value in the Bullet to text box to specify the distance between the bullet
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You can also
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Add a bullet with a hanging indent
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Enable the Use hanging indent style for bulleted lists check box.
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Change the color of the bullet
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Bullets are inserted at the beginning of each new line that is preceded by a
return.
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| To add a tab stop | |
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Select the paragraph text.
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Click Text Tabs.
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If you want to see how the tab stops will appear when they are applied to the text, enable the Preview check box. |
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Click Add.
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Click the new cell in the Tabs column, and type a value.
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You can also add, move, or delete tab stops on the horizontal ruler at the top
of the drawing window. Click to add a tab stop, drag a tab marker to move it,
and drag a tab marker off the ruler to delete it. For information about rulers,
see Using the rulers.
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| To indent paragraph text | |
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Select the paragraph text.
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In the Paragraph formatting docker, click the Indents arrow.
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If the Paragraph formatting docker does not appear in your workspace, click Text Paragraph formatting. |
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Type values in the following boxes:
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First line — indents the first line of paragraph text
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Left — creates a hanging indent in which all text except the first line is indented
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Right — indents the right side of paragraph text
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You can remove indents by typing 0 in the First Line, Left, and Right boxes.
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You can indent an entire paragraph by typing the same value in both the First
line box and the Left box.
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