User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide

This text is center-justified. The I-beam

pointer (which appears after choosing the

Bind Text command or the Path Text tool)

determines where text binds. In the

example, the pointer is clicked in the

upper-right quadrant of the oval. The inset

shows the bound text, centered around the

point where the pointer was clicked.

For open-ended objects, such as arcs,

bound text initially flows in the direction

the object was drawn. In this example, the

arrows indicate the direction the arcs were

drawn. Text objects bound to these arcs

follow the direction of the arcs.

To bind existing text using a menu command:

1. Select a text object and vector object.

2. Choose Effects | Bind Text. When the pointer is on the edge of the selected object, the

pointer becomes an I-beam.

3. Click to place the selected text on the path. Text aligns to the point where you click; e.g., if

the text is center-justified, Canvas binds the text so that it is centered around the point you

click.

To type on a path using the Path Text tool:

Select the Path Text tool.

When the pointer is on the edge of an object, the pointer becomes a crosshair.

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