The "Text" object The "Text" object possesses manifold features. Now we already know that it allows to display a text, a frame, and filling. A text can be displayed using any font of an size and style. All the parameters can be set visually, with the help of the toolbars: Here are some examples of text design: This is a very, very, very long text line. And this is another line, the shorter one. Let us enable the object frame, and then resize the object up to 9x3 cm with the help of the mouse. We see that the object can display not only a single-lined text, but several lines as well. Now let us reduce the object width up to 5cm. It is obvious that long lines did not find room in the object and therefore were wrapped. This happens due to the "WordWrap" object property. If it is disabled (either in inspector or in the object context menu), the long lines will be simply cut off. Now let us check up, how the text alignment inside the object works. Alignment buttons are located in the "Text" toolbar and allow to set horizontal or vertical text alignment. Pay attention to the "Block Align" button; this button allows to align the paragraph on both object edges. When performing this operation, the "WordWrap" option must be enabled. A whole text can be rotated at an angle within the limit of 0..360 degrees. The button in the "Text" toolbar allows to quickl rotate the text at 45, 90, 180 and 270 degrees. If you wish to rotate the text at an other value, use the object inspector. The "Rotation" property sets the required angle. When rotating a text, setting values other than 90, 180, 270 the text can exceed bounds of the object, as in our case (see the picture below). Let us increase object height a little, so that the text would fit the object. Let us briefly dwell on some "Text" object properties, which influence its appearance. Most of these properties are available in the object inspector only: - BrushStyle – type of object filling; - CharSpacing – sðàñe between symbols in pixels; - GapX, GapY – text indents from object’s left and top boundaries (in pixels); - LineSpacing – space between lines (in pixels); - ParagraphGap – the first paragraph line indent (in pixels).