Is there any way to set the dimension text as center-justified by default? I tried many ways to set it but after the fact seems to be the only way.
I think that this is really a Styles question, because it is driven by the "Default Object Properties" that can be found in the Object Styles docker.
After you have done that, you have changed that property of the Default Object Properties for the current document.
If you want that to apply to future documents, then right-click on Default Object Properties->Dimension, then select "Set as New Document Default".
Eskimo, thanks for your reply. It appears you misunderstood my post. I am referring to the justification of the text. I need that centered and not X (none) as default. see image below.
OK...
You would follow the instructions that I posted before - but instead of changing "Center Text Between Extension Lines", you would change "Text Above Dimension Line" to "Text Through Dimension Line".
The icon for that is just to the left of "Center Text Between Extension Lines".
Dimensions are a bit of a strange thing in CorelDRAW.
They gave me fits until I started to grasp the idea of "Style Sets". That's a great way to manage the properties of Dimensions, because a Dimension has Outline, Fill, Character, and Dimension characteristics.
OK, sorry, let's try again.
What are you trying to accomplish that requires that you change the justification of the text?
Do you want the text centered, side-to-side, between the dimension lines?
The text will center automatically but not allow justification changes unless broken apart (see video). When I dimension an object, I want to go back and make changes to the text I want it already set and center-justified. This is a text formatting issue for dimension text.