Pinnacle Speakers DEKO500 User Manual
Changing Text Appearance, Size, and Spacing
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Deko500 User’s Guide
To scale text using the mouse:
1.
Click the scaling button in the Tools window.
2.
Select the text for scaling.
3.
Move the pointer to a handle on any side or corner of selected text,
so that the pointer becomes one of the scaling tools.
so that the pointer becomes one of the scaling tools.
4.
Drag a handle either outward to increase or inward to decrease text
size.
size.
Corner handles control height and width together; middle handles
on the right or left control width only; and middle handles on the
top or bottom control height only.
on the right or left control width only; and middle handles on the
top or bottom control height only.
Hold Ctrl down while dragging a corner handle to preserve the
aspect ratio of the text — height and width scale together.
aspect ratio of the text — height and width scale together.
To specify a numerical value for font size:
1.
Select the text to scale. If no text is selected, Deko500 applies
changes to the current style.
changes to the current style.
2.
Do one of the following:
On the text bar, double-click the Size text box.
In the Style/Font window, then double-click the Size text box.
3.
In the text box, type or scroll to a new font size.
4.
Press Enter to apply the new size.
C
HARACTER
S
PACING
(K
ERNING
)
To kern text using the keyboard:
1.
In the Options menu, choose Transform/Kerning & Leading
(Ctrl+K).
(Ctrl+K).
2.
In the Options menu, choose Transform and set increment of
change to Coarse or Fine (Ctrl+spacebar).
change to Coarse or Fine (Ctrl+spacebar).
3.
Select the characters to kern.
4.
Hold down Alt and press either the right arrow (
→
) to widen the
space between selected characters, or the left arrow (
←
←
←
←
) to reduce
character spacing.
To kern text using the mouse:
1.
Click the kerning/leading button in the Tools window.