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• Top Right: Offsets the text glow from the upper right of its original position. Enter a
value in the left value slider to offset the text fill in X space; enter a value in the right
value slider to offset the text fill in Y space. Click the disclosure triangle to access X and
Y position values.
• Top Left: Offsets the text glow from the upper left of its original position. Enter a value
in the left value slider to offset the text fill in X space; enter a value in the right value
slider to offset the text fill in Y space. Click the disclosure triangle to access X and Y
position values.
Text Drop Shadow Controls in the Style Pane
Use the Drop Shadow controls to create a drop shadow on text, and to adjust the shadow
color, opacity, offset from the text object, softness, and angle. All Drop Shadow parameters
can be animated.
Drop Shadow: Use this activation checkbox to enable or disable the drop shadow effect.
Drop Shadow is deselected by default.
Note: When the Flatten checkbox is selected in the Layout pane of the Text Inspector,
additional Drop Shadow controls appear in the Properties Inspector. Drop Shadow controls
in the Properties Inspector are independent of the controls in the Text Inspector. Enabling
Drop Shadow in both locations adds to the existing shadow.
Fill with: Use this pop-up menu to set the fill for the shadow. As with the Face, Outline,
and Glow controls, you can set the shadow fill to Color, Gradient, or Texture.
Color/Gradient/Texture: Use these color controls to set the color, gradient, or texture of
the shadow. Click the disclosure triangle to adjust additional parameters.
Opacity: Use this slider to set the opacity of the text shadow.
Blur: Use this slider to set the softness of the text shadow.
Scale: Use this slider to set the size of the shadow.
Distance: Use this slider to specify the offset of the text shadow.
Angle: Use this dial to set the angle (or direction) of the drop shadow.
843Chapter 16 Creating and Editing Text