Change 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

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1 Using the Text tool , select a character or a block of text.
If the Properties docker is not open, click Window Properties.
2 In the Properties docker, click the Character button to display the character-related options.
3 In the Character area of the Properties 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

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1 Using the Text tool , select a character or a block of text.
If the Properties docker is not open, click Window Properties.
2 In the Properties docker, click the Character button to display the character-related options.
3 In the Character area of the Properties 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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