User Guide

Chapter 6: Text And Typography
To copy and paste selected text:
When you copy selected text, you can create a new text object or insert the text into an existing text
object.
1. Select the text you want to copy.
2. Choose Edit | Copy to copy the selection to the Clipboard.
3. Depending how you want to paste the selection, do one of the following:
To paste text into an existing text object: Put the insertion point in the text where
you want to paste the insertion.
To paste text as a new text object: Be sure no objects are in text edit mode by
pressing Esc. You can set the width of the new text object by selecting the Text tool and
dragging. Otherwise, text will be pasted in one long line that might extend off the screen
(see "Creating text layouts" on page 563).
4. Choose Edit | Paste to insert the text from the Clipboard.
To cut text:
1. Select the text you want to cut.
2. Choose Edit | Cut. The text is cut to the Clipboard and is ready to be pasted to another area.
To delete text:
1. Select the text you want to delete.
2. Choose Edit | Clear, or press the Delete key.
To replace selected text:
Begin typing, or use the Paste command, to replace a text selection with the text you type or paste
from the Clipboard. This saves the step of deleting the selected text.
To replace all text in a text object:
Select a text object and begin typing. The text adopts the formatting of the replaced text. If
multiple text objects are selected, the text you type replaces the text in the object that was
created first.
Changing text attributes
While a text object is selected, you can change the formatting of all the text it contains using the Text
menu, Type palette, or Properties bar.
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