Text tab of the Object Format dialog box
Fonts
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Typeface
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The typeface list box contains the available fonts in
Designer. Click the down arrow to open the list box, then
click the font you want.
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Size
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You can select a size from a list of two to 3000 points, or you
can type a custom size (10.5, for example).
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Leading
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Sets the space between lines of text. The Default is the current
font size plus 15 percent.
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Attributes
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The Attributes area contains the attributes buttons: Bold,
Italic, Underline, and Small Caps and Superscript
(CTRL+K) or Subscript (CTRL+SHIFT+K). Click a button
to select it to be applied to the selected text.
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Text Color
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Displays the current color palette. Click the color you want
for the foreground of your text.
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Text Background
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Displays the current color palette. Click the color you want
for the background of your text.
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Tab Stops
Tab stops are measured from the left margin of the text object. For example, if the second tab stop is 1.0 picas, it is 1.0 picas from the left margin.
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Tabs
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Displays the current tab stops and the type of tab stops.
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Delete
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Deletes the currently selected tab stop.
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Empty
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Deletes all tab stops.
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Position
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Enter a position for the new tab stop.
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Tab Type
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Select from this list the type of tab you want to add.
Align text to the left of the tab stop.
Align text to the right of the tab stop.
Align text from the center of the tab stop.
Align text with the decimal point at the tab stop.
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Leaders
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Leaders are characters such as periods (...), hyphens (---), or
underscores (_) that fill in the area between tab stops. Select
None to have no leaders, or choose a type of leader from the
list.
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Add Tab
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Click to add a single tab stop.
Enter the interval and click the Repeat Tab button to
repeat the tab stop at uniform intervals.
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Indents
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Enter the amount to indent the first line from the left, other
lines from the left, or all lines from the right.
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Spacing
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Justification,
Horizontal
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Aligns each line of text in selected paragraphs to the left
text margin.
Centers each line of text in selected paragraphs between
the left and right text margins.
Aligns each line of text in selected paragraphs to the right
text margin.
Adds space between words as necessary to align lines of
text in selected paragraphs with both the right and the left
text margins. The last line of the paragraph aligns to the left
margin only. (Full justify.)
Adds space between words as necessary to align lines of
text in selected paragraphs with both the right and the left
text margins. (Force justify.) Unlike with the full justify
alignment, force justify justifies the last line of the paragraph.
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Justification, Vertical
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Aligns text to the top margin of the text bounding box.
Aligns text between the top and middle margins.
Aligns text to the bottom margin of the text bounding
box.
Equally spaces lines of text between the top and bottom
margins of the text bounding box.
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Spacing
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Inter-word - Type a percentage to change the spacing
between words. The default is 100% spacing.
Inter-character - Type a percentage to change the spacing
between characters.
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Paragraph Spacing
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Before - Use this area to change the default spacing above
paragraphs. If this amount is set to zero (0), no extra space is
added.
After - Use this area to change the default spacing below
paragraphs. If this amount is set to zero (0), no extra space is
added.
Note: If you have amounts entered for both Before and After,
Designer adds these amounts and applies the spacing amount
between the selected paragraphs. For example, if you enter
40 in the Before Parag area and 30 in the After Parag area,
Designer uses 70 for the spacing between the selected paragraphs.
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Drop Capital
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Drop caps are typically used at the beginning of magazine
articles and other places where you want to mark a change in
the material without printing a new title.
Click this option to make the first character of a selected
paragraph lower and larger than other text in the paragraph.
Adjust the percentage to change the size of the first letter as a
percentage of its normal height (normal height is 100%). For
example, 200% doubles the size of the first letter of the paragraph.
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Units
The Units button lets you change the measuring increment for type. When you click this button, a menu opens, displaying the units available, including points, inches, centimeters, millimeters, picas, picas and points, and ciceros. You also can select More Units.
Preview Button
The Preview button lets you see the effect of any changes on a selected object. (This button has no effect if no object is selected.) You may have to move the dialog box to see the selection.
Apply and Close Buttons
The Object Format box stays open to let you apply changes to objects without having to open the dialog box repeatedly. Click Apply each time you want to apply a change to a selected object. The dialog box does not close until you click Close.
Rolling up the Dialog Box
By rolling up the Object Format dialog box, you can keep it accessible, but out of your way. Click 
on the title bar to roll up the dialog box. Click 
to unroll it.