Operation Manual

Working with Text

Y Click the

button on the left toolbar to select the Frame tool.

Now locate some more empty space on the pasteboard, and click

and drag out a marquee where you want the new frame to go.

When you release the mouse button, an empty frame appears and

the Frame Wizard materializes to assist you in setting up the

frame.

Y Click the 1H[W button four times, keeping the default options for

new frames (one column, no margins, etc.).

Y When you see the “Get text from what source?” prompt, click the

“Type directly into the frame” option (we’ll look at the other

options shortly.)

Y Click 1H[W again, then click )LQLVK. WebPlus switches to the Text

tool, with an insertion point in the frame. For now, type a few

phrases—we’ll return to this new frame in a moment.

Y Select the Pointer tool, and you’ll see handles around the text

you’ve just entered. (Notice that the borders of the enclosing frame

are not selected.) The selected block looks a lot like a block of free

text, except that it’s contained in a frame. And that’s an accurate

observation, as our next experiment will show...

Y Click the block of free text you created and drag it over this new

text frame. When you drag over the text block inside the frame,

you’ll see the block highlight and the Flow cursor appear.

Y Drop the text block and it will be inserted into the text frame below

the original block. You can drop free text into a frame, and place it

before or after an existing block. Watch the arrow on the Flow

cursor to see where the text will go—either above or below the

highlighted block. (Hold down the ) key to toggle the action.)

Text drops before block Text drops after block

Y Now hold down the &WUO key and select the block you’ve just

dropped into the frame. This time the COPY cursor appears, and

you can drag the block copy out onto the pasteboard, and drop it—

note that it becomes free text again!