Operation Manual

34 Working with Text
Set initial text properties (font, style, etc.) as needed before typing,
using the Text toolbar, Format menu, right-click menu (choose Text
Format), and/or Attributes tab. Then just type normally to enter 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. Note,
however, that artistic text you’ve dragged to resize is published as a
graphic. (To maintain it as text, change its point size via the Text
toolbar.)
 Try creating a sample of artistic text, either on an empty part of the
page or on the pasteboard.
About table text
Tables are ideal for presenting text and data in a variety of easily
customizable row-and-column formats. Each cell in a table behaves
like a mini-frame. As with frame text, you can alter table text’s
character and paragraph formatting, apply text styles, and attach
hyperlinks. However, you can’t use WritePlus to edit table text. You
can paste delimited text into a table, but cannot import text from a file.
Tables have a number of unique features (detailed in online help) like
AutoFormat, QuickClear, and QuickFill for rapid editing and revision.
To create a table, choose the Table Tool from the Tools toolbar
and click on the page or pasteboard, or drag to set the table's
dimensions. The Create Table dialog appears with a selection of preset
layouts. You can either select a preset or choose Default to start with a
plain table, then click OK.