Operation Manual

Working with Text 27

Working with text frames

It’s easy to move or resize a text frame. The appearance of the cursor

over the selected frame tells you what will happen if you click and drag

at that point.

Y Using the Pointer tool, select the “Here’s the place” text frame.

Notice the blinking insertion point in the frame’s text. In this mode,

you can type directly into the frame, and edit the text with the Pointer

tool.

Now position the pointer over the frame’s gray bounding box

and notice the “Move” cursor appear. Click and drag to move the

frame a short distance, then press &WUO= to undo the move.

Y Click one of the frame’s corner or edge handles and drag to resize

the frame. If you drag the bottom edge down, you’ll see that

there’s more text visible in the frame. Again, undo the changes.

Here’s how easy it is to create a new frame.

Y Click the

button on the left toolbar to select the Frame tool.

Now locate some empty space on the pasteboard (outside the page

area), then click and drag out a marquee where you want the new

frame to go. When you release the mouse button, an empty frame

appears.

Y Note that the

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you created the new frame. Type a few words into the frame.

Editing text

Web Plus lets you edit text directly on the page, or with WritePlus, the

built-in text editor. Using the Pointer tool, you can type into any

paragraph, drag to select characters, and use the formatting controls on

the top Text toolbar. As with a word processor, double-clicking selects

a word, and triple-clicking selects a paragraph.

Y Select part of the text you typed into the new frame, then try

changing its font and pointsize using the controls on the top

toolbar.