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Adjusting the left and right margin of text on a curve
If you just start typing or place a column of text on a curve, you can change the start
and end position of the red handles. Just drag them along the curve as required. If you
center text it will be between these two margins.
Swapping sides of the line
Right click on the text and select the REVERSE TEXT ON CURVE menu option.
Alternatively, if you reverse the direction of the line (
SHAPE EDITOR TOOL, REVERSE
PATHS
button on the InfoBar), then the text will move to the other side of the line or,
in the case of a closed shape, move from the inside to the outside of the shape.
Editing text
Double clicking on a text object in any tool takes you into the TEXT TOOL and places
the cursor at the click position in the text.
All the normal word processor-style cursor and mouse operations can be used. For
example:
• Click where you want to place the cursor.
• Use the left and right arrow keys to move left, right, up or down.
• Use "Ctrl + left and right arrow keys" to move left or right one word.
• Press "Home" or "End" to move to the start or end of the line.
• Press "Ctrl + Home", or "Ctrl + End" to move to the start or end of the text object.
Text selection:
• "Shift + any" of the above keys to select text
• Double click to select a word
• Triple click selects a whole line of text, or "Ctrl + L"
• Quadruple (4x) click selects a paragraph of text
• Or just drag across the text in the Text Tool to select the text
• "Ctrl + A" will select all the text in the text object (you must be in the
TEXT TOOL.)
If you have a text selection any attribute change will apply only to the selected region
of text. If you have only the cursor in the text, then any attribute change, say selecting
a new color, will only appear when you type new text.
Selecting the whole text object
There is a quick shortcut for selecting the whole text object. Instead of using "Ctrl +
A" or dragging across all the text, simply press the "
ESC" key. This removes the cursor
but selects the whole text (the status line will confirm 1 text object). This makes it
easy to apply an effect or attribute to the whole text story.