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Editing a Text Object

Advanced text and paragraph formatting, such as adding tab stops, auto-sizing the text box, and changing the text's reading order, can be accomplished through the Text Format property page of the Text Properties dialog. If you want to change the appearance of the characters of the text, you can easily modify the color, typeface, and/or font point size by using the Font property page and/or the Word Processor.

When you want to modify the contents of a text object, the procedure varies based on the type of text object and whether it is linked to a single data source or multiple data sources.

ClosedTo modify a Single Line, Multi-line, or Arc Text Object with one data source

  1. From the object's context menu, select Edit.

  2. Enter the text that you want.

  3. When you are finished, click anywhere outside of the text object. Alternatively, press Esc on your keyboard to exit the editing mode.

ClosedTo modify a Single Line, Multi-line, or Arc Text Object with multiple data sources

  1. Double-click the border of the text object to open the Text Properties dialog. Alternatively, select Properties from the object's context menu.

  2. In the Navigation Pane, click the data source that you want to edit. This action opens the Data Sources property page.

  3. Click the Data Source tab.

  4. In the Embedded Data field, type the text that you want. Alternatively, you can change the data source type to pull information from a secondary source. For more information, refer to Selecting a Data Source.

  5. Repeat steps 2 through 4 for the remaining data sources.

  6. Click Close to close the Text Properties dialog.

ClosedTo add a special character to a Single Line, Multi-line, or Arc Text Object

  1. Double-click the border of the text object to open the Text Properties dialog. Alternatively, select Properties from the object's context menu.

  2. In the Navigation Pane, click the data source that you want to edit. This action opens the Data Sources property page.

  3. Click the Data Source tab.

  4. Click the icon to the right of the Embedded Data field to open the Insert Symbols or Special Characters dialog.

  5. From the Font dropdown list, select the special symbol font that you want to use. The symbol fonts that are included with BarTender are installed as "Seagull" fonts.

  6. Select the symbol that you want to use to replace the existing symbol.

  7. Select the font size that you want by using the Size option.

  8. Click Insert.

  9. Click Close to close the Insert Symbols or Special Characters dialog and to replace the original symbol.

  10. Click Close to close the Text Properties dialog.

ClosedTo modify a Word Processor Text Object

  1. From the object's context menu, select Edit to open the Word Processor.

  2. Enter the text and/or format the text by using the Word Processor.

  3. From the menu, select Save and Exit to insert the formatted text into the text object.

ClosedTo modify a Markup Language Container

  1. From the object's context menu, select Properties to open the Markup Language Text Properties dialog.

  2. Update the source of the contents: 

    • If you are using a data source to populate the contents of the object, select the data source that you want from the Navigation Pane.

    • For Embedded Data, enter the markup language code to create the text formatting that you want.

  3. Click Close to close the Markup Language Text Properties dialog.

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