Margin and Width Handles
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These handles apply to Text Objects that have Margins. The 'Has Margins' button in the Text Panel is used to enable margins.

When the text box is selected, additional drag handles are shown as green dots. The diagram below shows the handles.

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The numbers 1, 2 and 3 are used to identify the handles and do not appear in SWiSHmax.

Handle 1 is used to adjust the left margin of the first line of a paragraph.
Handle 2 is used to adjust the left margin of the remainder of the paragraph.
Handle 3 is used to adjust the width of the text box. This handle only appears if the Tool option is Scale or Rotate

Note:
·To obtain word wrapping within the text box, it is necessary to select Wrap lines at word Breaks in the Advanced Options of the Text Panel. Without setting this option, handles 1 and 2 will affect the text in a similar way  
·Margin handles only really apply to left justified text. They have limited use when applied to right or center justified text  

Editing Text Object margins
1. Press and hold the left mouse button on one of the green text margin handles
2. Drag the selected text margin handle to the desired position
3. Release the mouse button