Make text box text start at top of box, not centered vertically

It seems all my text boxes i have start the text in the center of the box vertically, then spaces it out as you type more. is there a way to make it start at the top of the box and work down, just as if you were typing in Word or Notepad. if someone only types a few lines, it looks kinda odd having the text in the middle of the box with all that white space above and below it.

Hi,
You can set the vertical alignment of the caption and value (and both) for an object in the Paragraph tab - works just like Word.
Good luck,
Niall

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