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1. Select the Text button from the Toolbox palette and drag it onto the canvas.

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   Select Text from the Insert menu.

   The Text Component dialog box appears on the canvas.

   

2. Manually type text into the text box area to use the default font.
3. Click the Font Properties button to open the Font dialog box.

   

   You can customize the font, style, size, and text color of the text.

4. Click OK to close the Font dialog box.
5. Click OK to close the dialog box.

   The text is inserted into the canvas.

   

6. You can select the text object to view or edit the properties for the text in the Text properties palette.
7. Select Save from the File menu to save the text.

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When a text object is selected, the following properties are available from the Text properties palette.

Height

Indicates the height of the text object. You can type in a different value to change the height or manually drag the text object on the canvas.

Position: Left

Indicates the starting position for the left edge of the text.

Position: Top

Indicates the starting position for the top edge of the text.

Width

Indicates the width of the text object. You can type in a different value to change the width or manually drag the text object on the canvas.