Operation Manual

Working with Text 113
And some differences...
• You can initially "draw" artistic text at a desired point size, and drag it
to adjust the size later. Frame text reflows in its frame upon frame
resize (but doesn't alter its text size).
• Artistic text can be applied to a path but frame text cannot.
• Artistic text won't automatically line wrap like frame text.
• Artistic text doesn't flow or link the way frame text does; the Frame
context toolbar's text-fitting functions aren't applicable to artistic text.
To create artistic text:
1. Choose the Artistic Text Tool from the Artistic Text
flyout on the Tools toolbar.
2. Set initial text properties (font, style, etc.) as needed before typing,
using the Text context toolbar, Format menu, or right-click (and
choose Text Format>).
3. Click on the page for an insertion point using a default point size, or
drag the cross-hair cursor across the page to specify a particular size,
e.g.
4. Type directly on the page to create the artistic text.
Once you've created an artistic text object, you can select, move, resize, delete,
and copy it just as you would with a text frame. Solid colours, gradient/bitmap
fills, and transparency can all be applied.
To resize or reproportion an artistic text object:
• To resize while maintaining the object's proportions, drag the resize
handles.