IBM Lotus Symphony


Setting text properties

You can easily set properties for text objects in the Text section of the Properties panel. The Text section is available when you edit text in all three IBM® Lotus® Symphony™ applications. It also displays when you select one or more cells in spreadsheets.

  1. Select the characters that you want to edit.
  2. Set properties for the selected characters in Text section of the Properties panel.
    1. Specify the font name and font size in the Font and Font Size list. You can easily adjust the font size by clicking the Increase Font Size icon or the Decrease Font Size icon.
      Note: If the font size for the selected characters is not the same, the Increase Font Size and the Decrease Font Size icons are not available for use.
    2. Apply the font effects, including bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, and shadow.
    3. Click the Font Color icon to select the font color that you want.
    4. Click the Superscript icon to reduce the font size of the selected text and raise the text above the baseline. Or click the Subscript icon to reduce the font size of the selected text and lower the text below the baseline. These two functions are not available when you select one or more cells in spreadsheets.
    5. Click the Character Spacing icon Character Spacing to open a panel from which you can expand or collapse space between characters. This function is not available when you select one or more cells in spreadsheets. You can select a predefined spacing size or specify your own size in the Custom area. You can click Last Custom Value to set the spacing to the last value that you specify in the Custom area.
      Note: Last Custom Value is available only after you specify the spacing in the Custom area.
    6. Click the Highlight Color icon to set the background color of the selected text. This function is available when you edit text in page context or a table in documents.
  3. Optional: Click the More options icon More in the upper-right corner of the Text section to open the Text Properties window. You can set other properties, such as Asian layout or hyperlink the selected text.

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