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Text Handling 185
Text flow is unaffected if you rotate any of the text areas
Hold down "Ctrl" while rotating to constrain the text rotation angle to 90° angles and
screen aligned angles.
Word count
The word and character count total of the current text is shown in the status line. This
also shows the number of overflowing words. If any region of text is selected, it shows
the count of this selection instead.
Text along a curve
To place text along a curve of your choice:
1. Create either basic text, text in a
column or a text area (see above).
2. Select your text object and one curve.
3. Choose "ARRANGE" > "FIT TEXT TO
CURVE"
.
Alternatively, select a curve or line and then in the TEXT TOOL, click on the line, where
you want the text to start, and type. This automatically fits the text along the line.
When you reach the end of the line the text will wrap onto a new line, immediately
below the start of the previous one.
If you do not want the text to wrap to a new line, "Shift + click" on the line.
To hide the curve so it’s not visible, select the
SHAPE EDITOR TOOL and set the line
color to
NO COLOR or a width of NONE. You can also edit the curve as usual this way.
Applying color is described in Color handling (on page 159).