Formatting text in Corel Paint Shop Pro

The text formatting options in Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo let you control the appearance of text. You can set these options

when you create vector, raster, or selection text. If you create vector text, you can reformat the text at any time by

changing your text formatting settings. You cannot change the characters or formatting of raster text. You can modify raster

text only by using the Pick tool.

You can use the following text options to format your text:

• Font, Size, Units, and Font Style — let you choose a typeface, type size, units based on intended output (print or Web),

and type style (bold, italic, underline, or strikethrough)

• Alignment — lets you center multiple lines of text or align them on a left or right margin

• Direction — lets you set the horizontal or vertical direction of the text

• Kerning — lets you change the space between characters

• Leading — lets you change the line spacing

• Tracking — lets you set equal spacing between characters

• Anti-alias — lets you smooth the edges of text characters

You can also change the color of vector text. For information about using the Materials palette to choose colors for the text

outline and fill, see "Using the Materials palette."

How can you identify vector text?

Vector text, like other vector objects, can be identified by the vector icon that appears next to the text in the Layers

palette.

To change font attributes

1. On the Tools toolbar, choose the Text tool .

2. Click the text.

The Text Entry dialog box appears.

3. Highlight the text characters you want to change by dragging over them. To quickly select all text in the Text Entry dialog

box, hold down Ctrl and press 5 on the numeric keypad.

4. On the Tool Options palette, perform a task from the following table, and click Apply in the Text Entry dialog box.

To Do the following

Change the font Choose an option from the Font drop-list.

Change the font size Choose an option from the Size drop-list.

Change the units of measurement for the font From the Units drop-list, choose Points for print output or Pixels for Web

output.

Apply bold formatting to text Click the Bold button .

Apply italic formatting to text Click the Italic button .

Underline the text Click the Underline button .

Apply a line through text Click the Strikethrough button .

To change text alignment

1. On the Tools toolbar, choose the Text tool .

2. Click the text.

3. In the Text Entry dialog box, select the characters that you want to edit.

4. On the Tool Options palette, choose one of the following buttons:

• — aligns the left edge of each text line to the initial cursor position

• — centers each text line on the initial cursor position

• — aligns the right edge of each text line to the initial cursor position

5. In the Text Entry dialog box, click Apply.

To set text direction

1. On the Tools toolbar, choose the Text tool .

2. Click the text.

The Text Entry dialog box appears.

3. On the Tool Options palette, choose one of the following options from the Direction drop-list:

• Horizontal and Down — positions text horizontally, with subsequent lines below the top line

• Vertical and Left — positions each character vertically, with subsequent lines to the left of the top line

• Vertical and Right — positions each character vertically, with subsequent lines to the right of the top line

4. In the Text Entry dialog box, click Apply.

To change horizontal spacing between characters

1. On the Tools toolbar, choose the Text tool .

2. Click the text.

The Text Entry dialog box appears.

3. On the Tool Options palette, type or set a value in the Kerning control.

Positive values increase the spacing; negative values decrease the spacing.

4. In the Text Entry dialog box, click Apply.

• Kerning values are expressed as 1.000 being equal to one em space — the width of capital letter M for a given font and

font size.

• You can use the built-in kerning values for the current font by marking the Auto Kern check box.

To change vertical spacing between lines of text

1. On the Tools toolbar, choose the Text tool .

2. Click the text.

The Text Entry dialog box appears.

3. On the Tool Options palette, type or set a value in the Leading control.

Positive values increase the spacing; negative values decrease the spacing.

4. In the Text Entry dialog box, click Apply.

To set equal spacing between characters

1. On the Tools toolbar, choose the Text tool .

2. Click the text.

The Text Entry dialog box appears.

3. On the Tool Options palette, type or set a value in the Tracking control.

4. In the Text Entry dialog box, click Apply.

To smooth jagged edges in text

1. On the Tools toolbar, choose the Text tool .

2. Click the text.

The Text Entry dialog box appears.

3. On the Tool Options palette, choose an option from the Anti-alias drop-list:

• Off — applies no anti-aliasing (edges appear jagged)

• Sharp— applies a slight degree of edge smoothing

• Smooth — applies a stronger degree of edge smoothing

4. In the Text Entry dialog box, click Apply.

• Anti-aliasing may increase the number of colors in an image, which may cause stray colors to appear along the edges of

text. Anti-aliasing may also make it difficult to reduce the file size and to maintain image quality.