Operation Manual

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Importing text
Besides typing text into a frame or creating a story using WritePlus,
you can use your current word processor (such as Microsoft Word) to
create source files for your publication. Then you can cut-and-paste
using the Windows Clipboard or import the text directly. It’s easy to
import text from a file into an existing frame. Let’s try it!
 Using the Pointer tool, right-click the “Here’s the place” frame.
 Choose Select All from the Edit menu (shortcut Ctrl+A) and press
Delete to clear the frame.
 Right-click the frame choose Text File.... Using the file selection
dialog, open S
AMPLE.DOC in the SERIF/WP80/SAMPLES/ folder,
either in your main Program Files folder or on your WebPlus CD.
WebPlus imports the file and places it in the frame.
Note: When prompted, click No to decline the AutoFlow option,
which would create additional pages and text frames for the
overflow text. We won’t be needing the feature in this case.
 Press Ctrl+E as a shortcut to launch WritePlus, and briefly inspect
the new sample text. (Items in red are unfamiliar words identified
by the AutoCorrect function.) You might try applying some font,
size, or style changes.
About artistic text
Artistic text is standalone text you type directly onto a page. Just as
with frame text, you can alter artistic text’s character and paragraph
formatting, apply text styles, attach hyperlinks, and use WritePlus to
edit the object. You can also apply a gradient fill and/or an outline to
artistic text—for example, to create attractive Web buttons—but note
that artistic text with these properties is published as a separate graphic
rather than as a block of HTML text.
Artistic text has some limitations. For example, you can paste from the
Clipboard to an artistic text object but cannot import text from a file.
And because artistic text doesn't flow or link the way frame text does;
the Frame toolbar’s text-fitting functions aren’t applicable.
To create artistic text, choose the
Artistic Text
Tool from the Tools toolbar. Click anywhere on the
page for an insertion point using a default point
size, or drag to specify a particular size.