This is an issue I've had for years. Never really tried to find an answer before.
Lets say you made a square- then you angled it. After you angle it you want to adjust it one way. So you try to adjust it. aaand it distorts. this serves no purpose at all. Is there a setting that will make it work in a sane manner? CAD programs do it correctly, why not Corel?
As long as the object is a Rectangle or Ellipse for example, you can do via the Coordinates docker but not with the basic Pick tool.Select your object and then either enter a numerical value or click to the right of the boxes to activate the "set interactively" function.After changing the value or dragging, click either Replace Object or Create object in the docker.
Is there something similar for paragraph test that you know of?
Try holding the Alt key down as you drag one of the corner handles