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contain pictures, and you can import pictures into text boxes that contain text. In addition
to changing content type, you can change the shape and other attributes of a box.
Creating text and picture boxes
There are three ways to create boxes:
• To create a no-content box (a box that can be changed into a picture box or a text box),
click and drag with the Rectangle Box tool , the Oval Box tool , or the Starburst tool
. You can declare text content by pressing T as you draw a no-content box. You can
declare picture content by pressing R as you draw a no-content box.
•
To create a rectangular text or picture box, click and drag with the Text Content tool
or Picture Content tool .
•
To create a Bézier box, use the Bézier pen tool . For more information, see "Creating
Bézier boxes."
To constrain rectangular boxes to squares and oval boxes to circles, press Shift while you
drag.
You can create boxes with the following tools:
To change a no-content box into a text box, press Command+E/Alt+E and import a text
file.
To change a no-content box into a picture box, press Command+E/Alt+E and import a
picture file.
You can change the corner type of rectangular boxes to rounded, concave, and beveled
corners using the Item > Shape submenu or the Corner Style drop-down menu in the
Measurements palette. You can add and alter rounded corners by entering values in the
Corner Radius field (Item > Modify > Box tab). You can also use the Box Corner Radius
field in the Classic or Space/Align tab of the Measurements palette.
Creating Bézier boxes
The Bézier Pen tool lets you draw multi-sided Bézier boxes and lines that can have
straight and curved line segments (see "Understanding Bézier shapes").
For another way to make uniquely shaped boxes, see " ShapeMaker XTensions software."
To draw a Bézier box:
1
Select the Bézier Pen tool from the Tools palette. Move the Crosshair pointer to any
position on the page and click to establish the first point.
2
Move the pointer to where you want the next point positioned. To constrain pointer
movement to a 45-degree angle relative to the page, press Shift.
3
Click to create points and line segments.
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