## Inspector palette – Text settings

The Text settings are shown when text is selected in an HTML item or graphic item.

### Character and Paragraph settings – HTML text

#### Character section

Specifies the character formatting for HTML text.

Option | Description
Type | Selects either HTML or GIF output for a selection of text.
Font | Selects from the available font sets or allows you to create a new one.
Color | Sets the text foreground color. Equivalent to the Color option on the Text section of the text appearance settings.
Style | Selects bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, overline, or blink. Overline is only available for the HTML 4.01 and XHTML output options.
Size | Specifies the text size.
Shift | Applies HTML super- or subscripts.

#### Paragraph section

Specifies the paragraph formatting for HTML text.

Option | Description
Type | Specifies either HTML or GIF output.
Align | Sets HTML paragraphs to be left-aligned, centered, right-aligned, or justified.
List | Specifies ordered (where list items are preceded by numbers or letters) and unordered (where list items are preceded by bullets and so on) list styles.
First-line indent, Left indent, Right indent* | Specifies indents for the paragraph.

* With the HTML 3.2 output option this changes to Indent with options None or 1 to 5.

#### Rule section

Shown when a horizontal rule is selected in an item:

To insert a rule, position the insertion point in an HTML item or graphic item. Then open the Insert menu and choose Rule.

Option | Description
Align | Specifies the alignment of the rule within the item.
Size | Specifies the thickness of the rule.
Inset | Specifies the rule’s inset from the enclosing item.
Solid Rule | Specifies whether the rule will be solid or three-dimensional.

### Character and Paragraph settings – GIF text

#### Character section

Specifies the character formatting for GIF text.

Option | Description
Font | Selects a font from all available fonts on your system.
Color | Sets the text foreground color. Equivalent to the Color option on the Text section of the text appearance settings.
Style | Specifies bold, italic, underline, word underline, outline and shadow.
Size | Allows you to select a size from the pop-up menu or enter a size explicitly.
Space | Sets the spacing between characters.

#### Paragraph section

Specifies the paragraph formatting for GIF text.

Option | Description
Align | Sets GIF paragraphs to be left-, center- or right-aligned, or justified or force-justified.
Leading | Sets the leading as a percentage or absolute size in pixels.
Indent | Sets the first line indent, right indent, and left indent.

### Appearance settings

#### Shape Effect section – Crack effect (GIF text only)

Adds a crack or corroded effect to the text. The following controls allow you to adjust the parameters of the crack effect:

Option | Description
Period | The period of the cracks, from 0 to 100%.
Random | The randomness of the cracks, from 0 to 100%.
Gap | The amount removed by the cracks, from 0 to 100%.
Depth | The depth of the cracks, from 0 to 100%.

#### Shape Effect section – Wobble effect (GIF text only)

Adds a wobble or irregularity to the outline of the text. Provides the following parameters:

Option | Description
Period | The period of the wobble, from 0 to 100%.
Random | The randomness of the wobble, from 0 to 100%.
Deviation | The size of the wobble, from 0 to 100%.
Smooth | The smoothness of the wobble, from 0 (sharp) to 100% (smooth).

#### Shadow section (GIF text only)

Provides the following controls:

Option | Description
Color | Specifies the color of the drop shadow.
Opacity | Specifies the opacity of the drop shadow.
Angle | Specifies the angle of the light source.
Global | Specifies that this lighting effect should use the global lighting angle for the page.
Offset | Specifies the offset of the drop shadow in pixels or as a percentage.
Blur | A number between 0 and 20 to specify the degree of blur of the drop shadow.

#### Glow section (GIF text only)

Provides the following parameters to allow you to control the outer glow:

Option | Description
Color | The color of the outer glow.
Opacity | The opacity of the glow.
Spread | The spread of the glow between 0 and 10.
Blur | The degree of blur of the glow, between 0 and 20.

#### Background section

Specifies the background color of the text. The following parameters are provided:

Option | Description
Color | The background color.
Opacity* | The opacity of the background.

* GIF text only.

#### Text section

Option | Description
Color | Specifies the text color.
Opacity* | Specifies the text opacity.
Draw* | Specifies the drawing style for text: Draw solid, Draw border only, or Draw solid and thicken. For the Draw border only and Draw solid and thicken options a pop-up menu allows you to specify the thickness of the border, in points.
Filter* | Applies an Emboss, Blur, or Scatter filter effect to the text; see the following sections.

* GIF text only.

#### Emboss filter

Provides the following additional controls to allow you to control the Emboss effect:

Option | Description
Angle, Altitude | Specifies the angle and altitude of the light source for the Emboss effect.
Global | Specifies that this lighting effect should use the global lighting angle for the page.
Specular | Controls the percentage of specular highlight. Higher values make the object look smooth and shiny.
Diffuse | Specifies the percentage of diffuse lighting. Higher values make the object look rough or matte.

#### Blur filter

The following additional controls allow you to adjust the blur effect:

Option | Description
Blur | The size of the blur, between 0 and 20.

#### Scatter filter

The following control allows you to adjust the radius of the scatter:

Option | Description
Radius | A number between 0 and 20 to determine how far each pixel on the outline of the text is scattered.

#### Overlay section

The Overlay section allows you to create a second layer of text above the main layer with different Draw, Color, Opacity, and Filter settings, to achieve a variety of two-color effects.

Option | Description
Color | Specifies the color of the overlay.
Opacity | Specifies the opacity of the overlay.
Draw | Specifies the drawing style for the overlay: Draw solid, Draw border, or Draw solid and thicken. For the Draw border and Draw solid and thicken options a pop-up menu allows you to specify the thickness of the border in points.
Filter | Applies a filter effect to the overlay layer. The options are the same as for the Text section filter effect options.

### Font features

The font features section provides access to selected OpenType font features in the currently selected font. This section is only available for OpenType fonts.

The actual options provided depend on the features supported by the currently selected font, but will typically include some or all of the following:

Feature | Description
Ligatures | Substitutes special ligature characters for the corresponding pair of letters: eg “Fi”.
Letter Case | Allows you to select all capitals or small capitals.
Number Spacing | Allows you to choose between monospaced (fixed width) numbers and proportional numbers.
Smart Swashes | Allows you to select individual swash characters.
Vertical Position | Allows you to specify superscript or subscript text.
Character Alternates | Selects alternate versions for certain characters.
Style Options | Selects alternative style options included with the font.
Number Case | Selects between lowercase (old style) numbers and uppercase (lining) numbers

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