IBM Lotus Symphony


Text Object bar in Documents

The Text Object bar in text input mode contains several text formatting functions.

Table 1. Icons on the Text Object bar
Function name Icon Description
Apply Style Apply Style list box Allows you to assign a style to the current paragraph, selected paragraphs, or to a selected object. Further styles can be found in Layout - Stylist.
Font Font list box Allows you to select a font name from the list or enter a font name directly.
Font Size Font Size icon Allows you to choose between different font sizes from the list, or to enter a size manually.
Bold Bold icon Makes the selected text bold.
Italic Italic icon Makes the selected text italic.
Underline Underline icon Underlines or removes underlining from the selected text.
Align Left Align Left icon Aligns the one or more selected paragraphs to the left page margin.
Align Center Align Center icon Centers the one or more selected paragraphs on the page.
Align Right Align Right icon Aligns the one or more selected paragraphs to the right page margin.
Justified Justified icon Aligns the selected paragraph(s) to the left and the right page margins.
Bullets Bullets icon Assigns bullet points to the selected paragraphs, or removes them from bulleted paragraphs.
Numbering Numbering icon Adds or removes numbering from the selected paragraphs.
Line Spacing Line Spacing Icon Specifies the amount of space to leave between lines of text in a paragraph. (Contains drop-down items)
Indent Indent icon

In IBM® Lotus® Symphony™ Documents, increases the left indent of the current paragraph and sets it to the next tab stop.

InLotus Symphony Spreadsheets, click the Increase Indent icon to increase the indentation of the cell content of the selected cells.

In IBM Lotus Symphony Presentations, moves the selected paragraph Down One Level in a numbering or bullets hierarchy.

Decrease Indent Decrease Indent icon

In Lotus Symphony Documents, click the Decrease Indent icon to reduce the left indent of the current paragraph and set it to the previous tab position.

In Lotus Symphony Spreadsheets, click the Decrease Indent icon to reduce the indentation of the cell content in the selected cells.

In IBM Lotus Symphony Presentations, moves the selected paragraph Up One Level in the numbering or bullets hierarchy.

Superscript Superscript icon Reduces the font size of the selected text and raises the text above the baseline.
Subscript Subscript icon Reduces the font size of the selected text and lowers the text below the baseline.
Left-To-Right Left to right icon Sets the text to run from left to right.
Right-To-Left Right to left icon Sets the text to run from right to left.

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