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Text Repel Around Objects
If you right click on an object like a photo and select the menu option 'Repel text under'
' you can make text flow around the object that is on top of the text.
Many of the objects, such as photos, side panels, buttons and headings used in the templates from the
Designs Gallery
are automatically repelling - the text will always flow around these objects as you drag them around.
Repelling objects only repel text that is behind the object - so you may have to 'bring to front' the object
in order for the repel to work ("Ctrl + F"). Alternatively if you only want an object to repel text within an
individual layer, you can prevent text that is below that layer from being repelled (useful for popup layers
within a web page) - see Layer Properties
.
All operations in the Text Tool
are live - the text re-formats and re-flows as you adjust the column width or move repelling objects
around.
Note: You can now also repel text around anchored objects
.
Anchored Objects
If you want a graphical object to appear next to a particular part of a block of text, you can anchor the
object to the text so it moves with it.
Right click the object and choose Anchor to text. Using the Selector Tool
click and drag the anchor symbol that appears in the top left of the object to the location in the text
where you would like the object anchored. Now if you edit or move the text, the anchored object moves
with the anchor point.
Spell Checker
On the Text Tool InfoBar is a button that selects the spell checker
options and language. If you select Check Spelling as you type
this will also mark all unrecognized words with a red dotted underline.
Right click on any marked word to be presented with suggested
alternatives.
Selecting a page size
The pages in the Designs Gallery
are designed to be a width that is known to fit the vast majority of computer screens. Creating wider
pages is not recommended, even though you will probably have a wider computer screen, experience
shows most viewers prefer to have a fixed width page. However you can adjust the page size to be
anything.
You can set any page size you like by selecting the Page size tab of the Options dialog (right click and
choose Page options or Page Options from the File
menu). It's not recommended that you make the page width more than 990 pixels, as that's the maximum
width for many computer screens (1024 minus a small amount for the scroll bar). A more common page
width is typically around 800 pixels.
You can directly adjust the height and width of your page by just dragging on the bottom or right margin
of the page. Go into the Selector Tool
and hover the pointer over the bottom edge of the page, and it will change to indicate you can now drag
resize the page up or down as required.
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