CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 Guidebook

Chapter 8: Working with Text | 111

To adjust word spacing in CorelDRAW,

click the Te x t tool , and select a text

object. Click the Paragraph button in

the Object properties docker. Type a

value in the Word spacing box.

To adjust word spacing in

Corel PHOTO-PAINT, click the Te x t tool ,

and select the text object. Click Object `

Te x t ` Character formatting. In the

Character formatting docker, type a

value in the Word spacing box.

You can change the spacing between words to improve
the readability and layout.

• Line spacing, also known as leading or
  interline spacing, lets you adjust the
  distance between lines of text. For text
  objects in Corel PHOTO-PAINT and artistic
  text in CorelDRAW, changes to the line
  spacing affect only lines separated by a
  hard return. For paragraph text in
  CorelDRAW, changes affect the lines
  within the same paragraph.

To adjust line spacing in CorelDRAW, click

the Te x t tool , and select a text object or

a block of text. Click the Paragraph

button in the Object properties

docker. Type a value in the Line spacing

box.

To adjust line spacing in

Corel PHOTO-PAINT, click the Te x t tool ,

and select a text object. Click Object ` Te x t

` Character formatting. In the

Character formatting docker, type a

value in the Line spacing box.

A block of text without and with line spacing

• Paragraph spacing is an option that is
  available in CorelDRAW. It allows you to
  adjust the spacing between paragraphs in
  a text frame. It’s quite useful for
  copyfitting text. It can help you fit text in a
  page or a frame with a fixed size.

To adjust paragraph spacing in

CorelDRAW, click the Te x t tool , and

select a paragraph. Click the Paragraph

button in the Object properties

docker. Type values in the Before

paragraph spacing and After

paragraph spacing boxes.

Paragraph spacing is useful for adjusting the spacing

between bulleted items in a bulleted list.

• Language spacing lets you control the
  spacing between words in different
  languages, such as Latin-based, Asian, or
  Middle Eastern languages, that coexist in a
  text object. For example, you can specify
  the spacing between a word in Japanese
  and a word in English that appear in a text
  object.

To adjust language spacing in CorelDRAW,

click the Te x t tool , and select a