Introducing the Options dialogThe Default Font page in the Fonts folder of the Options dialog allows you to set the font type, size, style and colour that is used when you create a new Text object on a page. You can also set by how much a shadow should be offset by and whether you want to have your text anti-aliased or not.
1. The Default Font tab in the Options dialog box allows you to set the font type, size, style and colour that is used when you create a new Text object on a page – these are the standard formatting boxes found in the Format toolbar.
2. The Format toolbar will reflect the settings you make in this box. In other words, if you set the Default Font tab to use the font Times New Roman with a size of 10pt that is coloured blue, then when you draw a new Text object, the text you type in the box will use this default format.
3. Use the Background option if you want to add a background colour to the text.
4. Use the Shadow option if you want to add a shadow to the text and set the colour of the shadow, level of transparency and its offset across (i.e. the X box) and down (i.e. the Y box) from the original text.
5. Use the Anti-aliasing panel to control the anti-aliasing feature for text. There are four options available: None, Auto, Level 1 and Level 2. By default, Level 1 is the preferred setting – see Choosing your Anti-aliasing option for Text for more information.
Note:
Although any newly created Text object will use the default font options set in this tab, you can change its text formatting at any time using the Format toolbar and colour palette.
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Introducing the Options dialog