Operation Manual

Adding and manipulating text | 397
To Do the following
Move an individual character freely in the drawing window
Click the Shape tool , select the text object, and drag
a character’s selection handle in the lower-left corner of the
character.
Wrapping text
You can change the shape of text by wrapping paragraph text around an object, artistic text, or a text frame. You can wrap text by using
contour or square wrapping styles. The contour wrapping styles follow the curve of the object. The square wrapping styles follow the
bounding box of the object. You can also adjust the amount of space between paragraph text and the object or text, and you can remove
any previously applied wrapping style.
Text wrapped around an object by using the contour wrapping style (left) and the square wrapping style (right)
To wrap paragraph text around an object, artistic text, or a text frame
1 Select the object or text around which you want to wrap text.
2
Click Window Dockers Object properties.
3
In the Object properties docker, click the Summary button to display the wrap options.
4 Choose a wrapping style from the Wrap paragraph text list box.
If you want to change the amount of space between wrapped text and the object or text, change the value in the Text wrap offset box.
5
Click the Text tool , and drag over the object or text to create a paragraph text frame.
6 Type text in the text frame.
You can wrap existing paragraph text around a selected object by applying a wrapping style to the object and dragging the text
frame over the object.
To remove a wrapping style
1 Select the wrapped text or the object it wraps.
2
Click Window  Dockers Object properties.
3
In the Object properties docker, click the Summary button to display the wrap options.
4 Choose None from the Wrap text list box.