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control panel, or by pressing (Esc). This “escape route” is available to you in all
dialog boxes.
Simple formatting
Now we come to the more interesting functions – for example, to text formatting,
and thus to the application of fonts, text emphasis (bold, italic, etc.), indentation,
etc.
First, we will insert a line with our return address above the address, as is customary
for letters that are to be sent in windowed envelopes.
So let’s position the text cursor two lines above the address (line 5) and type the
address of our firm:
Escher & Sons, Architects – 78 Baker Street - Atlanta, GA
30009
Of course this line is much too wide for a windowed envelope’s view window, and
so we would like to decrease the font size a bit. In this way, we come to an important
topic: selecting.
First select, then format
Note: You will find detailed information about selecting in chapter “Working with
selections” beginning on page 57.
To format a section of text after it has been entered, you must first select it, so that
TextMaker knows what area should be modified.
To select the lines containing the address, proceed as follows:
Mouse: While pressing the mouse button, drag the mouse cursor from the beginning
to the end of the text you want to select. By the way, there is an easy way to
select complete lines: click in the margin to the left of the line. The complete line
will be immediately selected.
Keyboard: If you prefer to work with the keyboard, you can make selections by
moving the text cursor while holding down the Shift key (Shiftª). In this case,
select the address line by positioning the text cursor in front of the first character
with the (Home) key and then pressing the key combination (Shiftª)(¼).
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