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Text Handling 183
Changing the width of the column
Drag either of the two red handles at the ends of the line.
Changing the angle of the column
"+ drag" either of the red handles at the end of the line to change the angle of the
column. Alternatively, "Ctrl + drag" to restrain the line to the constrain angles. Or
alternatively you can use the
SELECTOR TOOL to rotate the object in the usual way.
For more on constrain angles, see Introduction to MAGIX Page & Layout Designer
2013 (on page 63).
Text areas
In the TEXT TOOL if you click and drag diagonally on the page you will create a
rectangular text area. The blinking cursor will be positioned in the top left corner and
you can type or paste text.
A text area can contain a "flowing" text story. This is where a single piece of text flows
from one text area to another. It’s called flowing text because, like water, as you add
or remove text in one area it overflows into connected text areas or flows back from
text areas.
If the text overflows the bottom of the text area the overflowing text is shown gray,
although you can continue to edit this text as usual.
Connecting text areas—text flow
When text overflows the bottom of the text area, an overflow indicator is shown on
the bottom of the area. If you drag this over any other text area, the overflow text will
flow into the new text area, and the two areas become connected. This is shown with
a flow arrow.
Dragging the overflow indicator from
one text area to another will connect
the two areas so text flows from one to
another. You can link as many together
as you require.
There is a quick way to create flowing text. If the text cursor in an area with
overflowing text, then just click-drag on the page to create a new text area. The new
text area is automatically connected and text will flow into the new area.