Character panel overview – Adobe Photoshop CS4 User Manual
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Last updated 1/10/2010
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To use the arrow keys to select characters, click in the text, and then hold
down Shift and press the Right Arrow or
Left Arrow key. To use the keys to select words, hold down Shift+Ctrl (Windows) or Shift+Command (Mac
OS)
and press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow key.
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To select all the characters in a layer without positioning the insertion point in the text flow, select the type layer in
the Layers panel, and then double-click the layer’s type icon.
Important: Selecting and formatting characters in a type layer puts the Type tool into edit mode.
Character panel overview
The Character panel provides options for formatting characters. Some formatting options are also available from the
options bar.
You can display the Character panel by doing one of the following:
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Choose Window
> Character, or click the Character panel tab if the panel is visible but not active.
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With a type tool selected, click the Panel button
in the options bar.
To set an option in the Character panel, choose a value from the pop-up menu on the right side of the option. For
options with numeric values, you can also use the up and down arrows to set the value, or you can edit the value
directly in the text box. When you edit a value directly, press Enter or Return to apply a value, Shift+Enter or
Shift+Return to apply a value and then highlight the value just edited, or Tab to apply a value and move to the next
text box in the panel.
Character panel
A. Font Family B. Font Size C. Vertical Scale D. Set Tsume option E. Tracking F. Baseline Shift G. Language H. Font Style I. Leading
J. Horizontal scale K. Kerning
Note: You must select Show Asian Text Options in the Type preferences for the Set Tsume option to appear in the
Character panel.
You can access additional commands and options in the Character panel menu. To use this menu, click the triangle in
the upper right corner of the panel.
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