Changing the padding around text items

You can change the padding around text items individually, and for each edge independently. This affects the distance between text and erased backgrounds and borders. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only, or for all layouts and frame chains.

Prerequisite

• The lower zone is shown.

• Properties is selected in the lower zone toolbar.

• You have chosen the appropriate property scope for local properties.

Procedure

1. In Engrave mode, select the text items whose padding you want to change.
2. In the Properties panel, activate the Erasure padding properties, individually or together, in the Text group.

   • L changes the padding between text items and their left edge.

   • R changes the padding between text items and their right edge.

   • T changes the padding between text items and their top edge.

   • B changes the padding between text items and their bottom edge.

3. Change the values in the value fields for the edges whose padding you want to change.

Result

The padding around the selected text items is changed. Increasing the values increases the padding, decreasing the values decreases the padding. If the property scope was set to Locally, this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.