Operation Manual

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indicated by a solid border, you can manage the frame properties;
selecting inside a frame creates 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. 82.)
PagePlus also lets you create a wide variety of shaped frames from closed
shapes or QuickShapes (see p. 132).
To create a frame (from a shape):
1. Draw a shape with a line tool or create a QuickShape.
2. Select Convert To>Shaped Text Frame from the Tools menu
(or use object's right-click menu).
- or -
Type directly onto the QuickShape to automatically create a
shaped frame.
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
Edit story in
WritePlus on the Frame context toolbar.
Importing
text:
Select the frame, then select Text File from the
Insert menu.
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. (See Editing text on the page on
p. 82.)