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By using a text object, you can place text or a text symbol on the template. You can create the text at design time or use a data source or data entry form control to insert the text at print time.

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• Types of Text Objects

  You can add many types of text objects to your template, including the standard normal (single line) and normal wrapped (paragraph) types, several transformed text objects (such as arc, bend, and wave), and symbol font characters that support industry-specific graphic symbols.

• Editing a Text Object

  The procedures that you use to modify the contents of a text object differ depending on the selected text object type.

• Text Properties Dialog

  Use this dialog to access the property pages for normal, normal wrapped, transformed, and symbol font character text objects to customize these objects to your design needs.

• Word Processor Text Object

  When you add a word processor text object to your template, you can use the BarTender Word Processor to add Rich Text Format (RTF) text and to format and modify the contents of the object.

• Markup Language Container Text Object

  When you add a markup language container text object to your template, you can use tags or code to define the layout or format of the text.

• Supported Fonts

  Describes the Windows fonts, Google Fonts fonts, and Seagull Scientific symbol fonts that BarTender supports.