Operation Manual

Working with Text 105
• For QuickShapes, type directly onto the QuickShape to automatically
create a shaped frame (text is automatically centred vertically and
horizontally). Useful for creating objects for diagrams!
To delete a frame:
• Select the frame—click its edge until a solid border appears—and then
press the Delete key.
You can select, move, and resize text frames just like other objects. (See p. 63,
72, and 72, respectively.) When you select a frame's bounding box, indicated by
a solid border line plus corner and edge handles, you can manage the frame
properties; selecting inside a frame created a blinking insertion point in the
frame's text (the frame's boundary box becomes hatched to indicate editing
mode). In this mode, you can edit the text. (For details, see Editing text on the
page on p. 117.)
Putting text into a frame
You can put text into a frame using one of the following methods:
WritePlus story
editor:
With a selected frame, click WritePlus on the
Frame context toolbar.
Importing text:
Right-click on a frame and choose Insert Text File...
(shortcut Ctrl+T) to import text.
Typing into the
frame:
Select the Pointer Tool, then click for an insertion point
to type text straight into a frame, or edit existing text.
Pasting via the
Clipboard:
At an insertion point in the text, press Ctrl+V.
Drag and drop:
Select text (e.g. in a word processor file), then drag it
onto the PagePlus page.
If you drop onto a selected frame, the text is pasted
inline where the insertion point had been placed
previously. Otherwise, a new frame is created for the
text.