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Editing a Text Object

You can perform advanced text and paragraph formatting, such as adding tab stops, auto-sizing the text box, and changing the text's reading order, by using 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 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 depending on the type of text object and whether it is linked to a single data source or multiple data sources.

The following three sets of instructions apply to normal and normal wrapped text objects, whether or not they have transforms applied to them. For more information, refer to Types of Text Objects.

ClosedTo modify a normal or normal wrapped text object that has one data source

  1. On the object's context menu, click Edit.

  2. Enter the text that you want.

  3. Click anywhere outside of the text object to exit the editing mode. Alternatively, press Esc.

ClosedTo modify a normal or normal wrapped text object that has multiple data sources

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

  2. In the navigation pane, click the data source that you want to edit. The Data Sources property page opens.

  3. Click the Data Source tab.

  4. In the Embedded Data field, enter 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 Available Data Sources.

  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 normal or normal wrapped text object

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

  2. In the navigation pane, click the data source that you want to edit. The Data Sources property page opens.

  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. In the Font 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. Use the Size option to select the font size that you want.

  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. On the object's context menu, click Edit to open the Word Processor.

  2. Use the Word Processor to enter the text and/or format the text.

  3. On the menu, click Save and Exit to insert the formatted text into the text object.

ClosedTo modify a markup language container

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

  2. Update the source of the contents as follows: 

    • 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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