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# Fontwork Dialog (Previous Version)

Edits Fontwork effects of the selected object that has been created with the previous Fontwork dialog.

This Fontwork dialog is only available for Fontwork in old Writer text documents that were created prior to OpenOffice.org 2.0. You must first call Tools - Customize to add a menu command or an icon to open this dialog.

You can change the shape of the text baseline to match semicircles, arcs, circles, and freeform lines.

## Alignment icons

The top row contains the following baseline shapes: Upper Semicircle, Lower Semicircle, Left Semicircle and Right Semicircle.

The middle row contains the following baseline shapes: Upper Arc, Lower Arc, Left Arc and Right Arc.

The bottom row contains the following baseline shapes: Open Circle, Closed Circle, Closed Circle II, and Open Circle Vertical. For the best results, the drawing object must contain more than two lines of text.

Removes baseline formatting.

Off

Uses the top or the bottom edge of the selected object as the text baseline.

Rotate

Uses the top or the bottom edge of the selected object as the text baseline and preserves the original vertical alignment of the individual characters.

Upright

Horizontally slants the characters in the text object.

Slant Horizontal

Vertically slants the characters in the text object.

Slant Vertical

Reverses the text flow direction, and flips the text horizontally or vertically. To use this command, you must first apply a different baseline to the text.

Orientation

Aligns the text to the left end of the text baseline.

Align Left

Centers the text on the text baseline.

Center

Aligns the text to the right end of the text baseline.

Align Right

Resizes the text to fit the length of the text baseline.

AutoSize Text

Enter the amount of space that you want to leave between the text baseline and the base of the individual characters.

Distance

Enter the amount of space to leave between the beginning of the text baseline, and the beginning of the text.

Indent

Shows or hides the text baseline, or the edges of the selected object.

Contour

Shows or hides the borders of the individual characters in the text.

Text Contour

Removes the shadow effects that you applied to the text.

No Shadow

Adds a shadow to the text in the selected object. Click this button, and then enter the dimensions of the shadow in the Distance X and the Distance Y boxes.

Vertical

Adds a slant shadow to the text in the selected object. Click this button, and then enter the dimensions of the shadow in the Distance X and the Distance Y boxes.

Slant

### Horizontal Distance

Enter the horizontal distance between the text characters and the edge of the shadow.

X Distance

### Vertical Distance

Enter the vertical distance between the text characters and the edge of the shadow.

Y Distance

### Shadow Color

Select a color for the text shadow.

Related Topics

Fontwork For Graphical Text Art

Inserting Objects From the Gallery