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Select the text boxes you want to merge.
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Choose Item > Merge Text Boxes and choose one of the following from the sub menu:
• Top Down - to merge the text in the boxes in the order they appear on the layout
(Left-to-Right and then Top-to-Bottom).
• Selection Order - to merge the text in the boxes in the order that you selected
the boxes.
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The text in the boxes is merged and contained in a single box.
The size of the resulting text box is dependant on the bounding box of the area selected.
Use Item > Fit Box to Text to size the new box to fit the text it contains.
This option is disabled if any of the selected boxes is a linked text box, a locked text
box or a bézier text path. Boxes with an associated callout marker and grouped text
boxes cannot be merged with any text boxes.
Adding text and pictures to boxes
To add text to a box, choose the Text Content tool , double-click the box, and then
either start typing, paste text copied from elsewhere, or choose File > Import.
To place a picture in a box, select the box with the Picture Content tool and then
either paste a picture copied from elsewhere or choose File > Import.
Changing box type
To convert a selected box to a different type, choose Picture, Text, or None from the
Content submenu (Item menu). However, you can also change a text box to a picture
box by choosing File > Import and selecting a picture. You can change a picture box
to a text box by choosing File > Import and selecting a text file.
To convert a selected text box to a text path, choose a line shape from the Item >
Shape submenu.
When you select a Box tool, you can use the following modifier keys to create text or
picture boxes:
• Press T as you draw to create a text box.
• Press R as you draw to create a picture box.
Creating a box from a clipping path
If a picture box has an associated clipping path (embedded or automatically created),
you can create a new box that has the shape of that clipping path by selecting the
picture box and choosing Item > New Box From Clipping.
Copying attributes from one box to another
To copy all of the attributes applied to a box and apply them to a different box:
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Select the Item Format Painter tool on the Tool palette.
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