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Advanced Formatting
The Advanced Formatting controls are used less often than Basic Formatting controls.
They affect additional aspects of selected text.
Scale: Use this slider to scale text characters proportionally. To scale in only X or Y space,
click the disclosure triangle to set separate X and Y scale values. In the following image,
the text X Scale is set to 50%, and the Y Scale is set to 100%.
Disclosure triangle
Affects Layout: Use this checkbox to set how the layout of the text on its path is affected
by changes in scale. For example, when Affects Layout is deselected and text is on an
open spline path (and Wrap Around is deselected in the Layout pane), increases in scale
bunch up the text characters along the length of the path; decreases in scale spread the
characters out over the length of the path. When Affects Layout is selected, increases in
scale extend the text characters beyond the path; decreases in scale bunch up the
characters toward their set alignment (left, right, or center).
Text on a path prior to scaling Affects Layout checkbox off Affects Layout checkbox on
Offset: Use these value sliders to offset the text from its original position (anchor point).
Enter a value in the left value slider to offset the text in X space; enter a value in the right
value slider to offset the text in Y space. Click the disclosure triangle to access the X, Y,
and Z position values.
Rotation: Use this dial to rotate the text characters in Z space. Click the disclosure triangle
to access separate X, Y, and Z rotation controls and also the Animate pop-up menu.
Animate: Use this pop-up menu, available when the Rotation parameter is disclosed, to
change the interpolation for animated 3D rotation channels. By default, this parameter
is set to Use Rotation.
832 Chapter 16 Creating and Editing Text