In general, it is best to create separate threads with one feature request only, although it might be tempting to book them al in one. Developers or program managers have to split them up, anyway.
It’s easier to link to one thread.
Now, I am confused 
Besides adjusting the styled dimensions in your templates, you can also setup some scrapbooks with the styles you use most:
Once you activate a(ny) tool and move the cursor over the scrapbook, it picks up the style all in one (text, color, dimension):
(for selecting, it might be best practice to activate a DIM-layer, so you can select them all in one an adjust:
For me, the padding of the text is most urgent, moving textboxes and setting fill to transparancy is not sufficient. While the vertical alignments work (left, middle, right) the horizontal ones doesn’t (top, bottom anchor)
You can see it snaps to 6 preset positions:
The middle ones help to determine the center position, but should be moved closer to the line:
