User Guide

Chapter 6: Text And Typography
To Do this
Select a word Double-click the word with the I-beam pointer.
Select a line of text Triple-click the line with the I-beam pointer.
Select all text in the text
object
Choose Edit | Select All.
Deselect all highlighted
text
Click anywhere in the text object or layout. Clicking outside the
selected text object creates another text object at that location.
Choosing another tool in the Toolbox ends text edit mode.
Working with linked text objects
When you link text objects so text flows from one column to another, you can select all of the text in
the flow. This lets you apply formatting changes and text styles to all the text at once, even if the
columns are on separate pages or slides.
For information on linking text objects, see "Flowing text from column to column" on page 573.
To select all text in a flow:
1. Select the Text tool and click one of the linked text objects to place the text object in edit
mode and set the insertion point in the text. You can also double-click a text object with the
Selection tool to enter edit mode.
2. Choose Edit | Select All. Canvas highlights all the text in the linked text objects.
3. Click outside any text object or press Esc to deselect the text.
When text is highlighted, anything you type replaces the highlighted text. If you select a
long text flow across several columns, and then type a single letter or press the Spacebar,
all the highlighted text is erased. If this happens, choose Edit | Undo or Window | Palettes |
Undos.
To apply type formatting to a text flow:
Once you select the text in a flow, you can apply formatting changes using the Properties bar,
Type palette, or Text menu commands. Of course, changes that you make to selected text on other
pages or slides will not be shown until you switch to the other pages or slides.
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