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# Edit and format text

## Learn how to edit and format text, how to wrap text around an object, how to upload and manage your custom fonts, and how to take advantage of every other text-based trick in Marq.

To format your text, select the text box or portion of text within the box that you are interested in formatting. Then look to the right of the canvas to find the context pane. In the "Text" tab of the context pane you will find the options to change font style, size, color, alignment, warp, and much more.

![](https://help.marq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-26-2022-05-49-21-16-PM.png?width=257&name=image-png-Aug-26-2022-05-49-21-16-PM.png)

In the context pane you can change the **paragraph style** of your text to any of the preset styles or custom styles that you create yourself.  
![](https://help.marq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-26-2022-05-51-50-92-PM.png?width=275&name=image-png-Aug-26-2022-05-51-50-92-PM.png)

The context panel is also the place to modify the basic formatting of your text, including **font, size, color, bold, italic,** or **underline**.  
![](https://help.marq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-26-2022-05-52-17-98-PM.png?width=252&name=image-png-Aug-26-2022-05-52-17-98-PM.png)

If you click on the ![](https://help.marq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-26-2022-05-53-48-98-PM.png?width=40&name=image-png-Aug-26-2022-05-53-48-98-PM.png)sign to the right of the underline option, more text formatting options will appear. These options include adding **strikethrough, superscripts,** or **subscripts**, changing to **all caps** or **small caps**, and **removing all formatting**. You will also be given the options to change your **character style**, add an **outline** to the text, or to add a **highlight** to the text box.  
![](https://help.marq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-26-2022-05-54-18-13-PM.png?width=319&name=image-png-Aug-26-2022-05-54-18-13-PM.png)

The context pane also gives you the opportunity to change the alignment of the text within the text box. **Horizontal alignment** and **vertical alignment** options appear below the bold, italic, and underline settings.  
![](https://help.marq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-26-2022-05-55-47-31-PM.png?width=274&name=image-png-Aug-26-2022-05-55-47-31-PM.png)

The next section allows you to add **bulleted or numbered lists** to your text and choose the **style** and **color** of these bullets. When expanded, you can also choose the **indentation** and **spacing** of your bulleted or numbered list.  
![](https://help.marq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-26-2022-05-58-31-03-PM.png?width=265&name=image-png-Aug-26-2022-05-58-31-03-PM.png)

Continuing down the context pane, there are options to change the spacing. The **spacing** option increases or decreases the space between lines, the **paragraph spacing** option increases or decreases the space between paragraphs, and the **padding** option changes the amount of space between the edge of the text box and the text. Other settings include **character spacing** to move letters closer together or farther apart and **character stretching** to horizontally stretch or compress the letters.  
![](https://help.marq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-26-2022-05-58-47-84-PM.png?width=287&name=image-png-Aug-26-2022-05-58-47-84-PM.png)

In the context pane, you also have the option to add or remove **columns**, and to change the distance between columns (the **gutter**).  
![](https://help.marq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-26-2022-06-00-57-13-PM.png?width=282&name=image-png-Aug-26-2022-06-00-57-13-PM.png)

The **tabs and indents** section allows you to add or remove **tabs**, to set up first line and left / right / top / bottom **indents**, change the **default tab spacing**, and add or remove **tab stops**.  
![](https://help.marq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-26-2022-06-01-22-53-PM.png?width=262&name=image-png-Aug-26-2022-06-01-22-53-PM.png)

The next section of the context pane, the **horizontal rules** section allows you to add and edit horizontal lines spanning across the top or bottom of text. You can change the thickness, color, and padding of these horizontal rules in this section.  
![](https://help.marq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-26-2022-06-01-56-20-PM.png?width=283&name=image-png-Aug-26-2022-06-01-56-20-PM.png)

The **warp** section gives you the opportunity to customize the line that your text appears in. You can set it to appear on a **wave, ribbon, arch, or arc**, and then (using the expansion of this section) change the **bend, wave, horizontal distortion**, and **vertical distortion** of the line.  
![](https://help.marq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-26-2022-06-06-59-18-PM.png?width=221&name=image-png-Aug-26-2022-06-06-59-18-PM.png)

The context pane also is the place to **link** your text. You can link text in Marq to URLs, emails, or other Marq project pages.  
![](https://help.marq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-26-2022-06-07-20-23-PM.png?width=299&name=image-png-Aug-26-2022-06-07-20-23-PM.png)

The final option in the context pane for editing text is **hyphenation**. Turning hyphenation ON will cause words cut off by a new line to be hyphenated, and turning hyphenation OFF will push these words to start on the new line.  
![](https://help.marq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-26-2022-06-07-38-21-PM.png?width=275&name=image-png-Aug-26-2022-06-07-38-21-PM.png)

#### Bold, Italicize, and Underline

The context panel is also the place to modify the basic formatting of your text, including font, size, color, bold, italic, or underline.

![](https://help.marq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-26-2022-06-24-32-81-PM.png?width=334&name=image-png-Aug-26-2022-06-24-32-81-PM.png)

#### Text Align

The context pane also gives you the opportunity to change the alignment of the text within the text box. Horizontal alignment and vertical alignment options appear below the bold, italic, and underline settings.

![](https://help.marq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-26-2022-06-24-15-33-PM.png?width=242&name=image-png-Aug-26-2022-06-24-15-33-PM.png)

#### Text styles

**Character Style**

If you click on the (T) sign to the right of the underline option, more text formatting options will appear. These options include adding strikethrough, superscripts, or subscripts, changing to all caps or small caps, and removing all formatting. You will also be given the options to change your character style, add an outline to the text, or to add a highlight to the text box.

![](https://help.marq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-26-2022-06-25-49-78-PM.png?width=395&name=image-png-Aug-26-2022-06-25-49-78-PM.png)

#### Drop Caps

Drop caps will not import to Marq. To make a drop cap in Marq, create a separate text box for the larger letter in Body Text format. Format your letter and add text wrapping under the Layout tab on the right. Adjust the text-wrapping padding as needed.

#### Overflow text into another text box

To link a text box, click the blue triangle on the bottom corner of a text box and drag it to any area within the other text box. You'll see a blue line connecting the two boxes, indicating that they are now linked.

![](https://help.marq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-26-2022-06-35-29-91-PM.png?width=258&name=image-png-Aug-26-2022-06-35-29-91-PM.png)![](https://help.marq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-26-2022-06-35-53-18-PM.png?width=270&name=image-png-Aug-26-2022-06-35-53-18-PM.png)

#### Wrapping Text

To wrap text around your image, select the image and adjust the Text Wrapping settings in the Layout tab.

1. Select the image or object you’d like to wrap your text around and go to the Layout tab in the context pane to the right of your canvas.
2. Under “Text Wrapping” (make sure it’s on), select the second option — “Wrap tight to object boundary”. Right-click the image or object and hit “Bring to Front” so that your text will easily wrap around the object.

![Screen\_Shot\_2018-06-26\_at\_2.19.25\_PM.png](https://lucidpress.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/360002072103/Screen_Shot_2018-06-26_at_2.19.25_PM.png)

#### Bullet and numbered lists

The next section allows you to add bulleted or numbered lists to your text and choose the style and color of these bullets. When expanded, you can also choose the indentation and spacing of your bulleted or numbered list.

 

![](https://lucidpress.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/360002072746/Screen_Shot_2018-06-26_at_2.13.40_PM.png)

#### Text on a path

Marq has some path effects. These settings can be found on the right pane under the Text tab in the Warp settings.

![](https://d2slcw3kip6qmk.cloudfront.net/PressCustomerSuccess/HelpCenter/InDesign/TextWarp.png)

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