Operation Manual

Working with Text 49
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.
 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.
 To work with a more substantial amount of text, let’s switch to the
“Insert your own text” body text frame on the page. Right-click
this frame and choose Edit Story from the context menu to launch
WritePlus.
WritePlus opens in a separate window that shares many of the standard
WebPlus menus and toolbars. You can move the mouse pointer around
to view tooltips and hint text for the various buttons. Because
WritePlus displays the full text of a given story, it’s ideal for viewing
and editing the full text of a story that may span several frames or
pages. You can view the text in draft mode (without formatting), export
story text, and employ the Word Count and Spell Checker functions.
Obviously, the original text in this story is simply a placeholder for the
text you’ll be adding to your Home page. You can type over the sample
text, or select it all, delete, and begin with an empty frame, as you wish.
 To update WebPlus with any changes, click the
Finish button.
To abandon changes, click the window’s Close button.
 Click the header text “Welcome to Our Company” to select the
object. Although this might look like a text frame, notice that the
HintLine identifies it as a Theme Graphic.
Theme graphics are special group objects with their own built-in rules,
which as we’ve noted make them instantly updatable via the Studio’s
Themes tab. You can ungroup theme graphics, but then they’ll lose
their special properties. Fortunately, you can edit the text of a theme
graphic without ungrouping it.