Text Formatting

Increase or decrease the space between two characters by placing the text cursor in between two letters and enter a positive or negative value in the Kerning box or moving the slider. You have to uncheck Auto Kern to input Kerning values.

Increase or decrease the space between lines of text by entering positive or negative values in the Leading box or moving the slider.

Creates text horizontally from left to right or vertically from top to bottom depending on which button you click.

{Click} Left Alignment, Center Alignment, or Right Alignment, Justified, or Stretched Alignment to align text.

You can reverse the flow of your text so that it flows from left to right if you wish. If you do click on the left to right button your text will flow backwards.

Stretches or compresses text horizontally. You can change this setting by inputing a new figure in the Scale box of moving the slider. 

Increase or decrease the vertical position of individual characters or complete lines of text by entering a positive or negative value in the Baseline box or moving the slider.

Anti-alias

Select from None, Crisp, Strong, and Smooth to control the level of Anti-aliasing of your text.  You’ll find that Crisp is particularly useful for small text.

As you use the Text Editor dialog box you will find that some of the changes you make to your text are reflected in the dialog box window and some of them aren’t. It’s a good idea to keep your Text Editor dialog box adjacent to your Document Window, if possible, so you can see the changes you are making to your text.