Modify single line text Properties

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Click the text align tool,

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select all of the text objects,

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press enter,

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select the topmost text object

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and then right click and choose options.

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This time, choose set spacing

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the program prompts you to set the spacing.

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You can either enter a value or pick two points.

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Type 1.5

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and press enter

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the program prompts you to pick a second point

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again. Make sure that polar tracking is toggled on,

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then move the cursor until it snaps into a 270 degree alignment

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and click

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this time the text is aligned so that all of the text is left justified

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and the spacing between each text object is exactly 1.5 units

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undo the changes. Again.

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When you use the text align tool,

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you can also change the text justification and

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align the text based on the specified justification.

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Click the text align tool again.

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But this time before you select any text,

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right, click and choose alignment.

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The program displays a list of alignment

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options with left indicated as the default,

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which is why the text was left justified in all of the previous examples.

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Choose right,

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the program then prompts you to select the text objects you want to align,

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select all of the text

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and then press, enter

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the program, then prompts you to select the text object to align. To

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select the top most text object.

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The program prompts you to pick a second point.

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Make sure that polar tracking is toggled on,

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move the cursor until it snaps into a 270 degree alignment.

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And then click

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since you specified a right alignment,

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all of the text is now aligned so that it is right justified.

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Click the text align tool one more time,

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right click and choose alignment.

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The program remembered that you had switched to a right alignment

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and that has now become the default,

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whichever alignment you used last,

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becomes the default and remains so until you change it again.