User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
2. Click the path to set the insertion point. Begin typing and the text follows the vector path.
You can type multiple lines of text. To start a new line, press Enter at the end of the previous
line.
3. When you finish typing, press Esc. The text object becomes selected.
Vector path
Flowing text
As you type text on a path, if you reach the end, you can flow text to another path. Click the overset
symbol at the end of the text object. Then, click the next vector path at the point where you want the
overset text to start flowing. Continue typing to enter additional text.
If you don’t want to flow overset bound text, resize the path so that all the bound text can flow along
it. If no text is overset, the overset symbol does not appear at the end of the text object.
To link text to another path with the Text Link tool:
1. Select the Text Link tool, and the pointer displays the number “1”.
2. Click the first text object, and the pointer changes to the number “2”.
3. Click the object to which you want the text to flow.
4. Press Esc when you finish.
Adjusting text on a path
See the section about adjusting bound text, starting with "Binding text to vector objects" on page
637, for information on changing the text baseline, flipping the text, and adjusting the spacing
between the text and the path.
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