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Adding and selecting text

You can add two types of text to drawings — artistic text and paragraph text. You can add short lines of artistic text and then apply a wide range of effects, such as drop shadows or a contour to the text. Paragraph text, also known as “block text,” can be used for larger bodies of text that have greater formatting requirements. You can add both paragraph and artistic text directly in the drawing window.

You can add artistic text along an open or closed path. You can also fit existing artistic and paragraph text to a path. For more information, see “Fitting text to a path.”

When adding paragraph text, you must first create a text frame. By default, paragraph text frames remain the same size regardless of how much text they contain. Any text that continues past the lower-right border of the text frame is hidden until you either enlarge the text frame or link it to another text frame. You can fit text to a frame, which automatically adjusts the point size of text so that the text fits perfectly in the frame. For information about fitting text to a frame, see “To fit text to a paragraph text frame.” You can also have paragraph text frames automatically expand and shrink while you type, so that the text fits perfectly in the frame.

By inserting a paragraph text frame inside a graphic object, you can use objects as containers for text and expand the number of different shapes that you can use as text frames. You can also separate text from an object. When you do, the text retains its shape, and you can move or modify the text and the object independently.

Paragraph text placed inside an object. The object is made invisible by removing its outline.

When you import or paste text, you have the option of maintaining formatting, maintaining fonts and formatting, or discarding fonts and formatting. Maintaining fonts ensures that imported and pasted text retains its original font type. Maintaining formatting ensures that formatting information, such as bullets, columns, and bold or italic formatting, is preserved. You can also preserve the text color or choose to import black text as CMYK black. If you choose to discard fonts and formatting, the imported or pasted text takes on the properties of the selected text object, or if none is selected, the default font and formatting properties. For more information about importing files, see “Importing files.” For more information about pasting, see “To paste an object into a drawing.”

You can also assign hyperlinks to text. For more information, see “To assign a hyperlink to text.”

To modify text, you must first select it. You can select entire text objects or only specific characters.

To add artistic text

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Using the Text tool , click anywhere in the drawing window, and type.

To add paragraph text

To	Do the following
Add paragraph text	Click the Text tool . Drag in the drawing window to size the paragraph text frame, and type.
Add paragraph text inside an object	Click the Text tool. Move the pointer over the object’s outline, and click the object when the pointer changes to an Insert in object pointer. Type inside the frame.
Separate a paragraph text frame from an object	Click the Pick tool , select the object, and click Arrange Break paragraph text inside a path apart.
Have paragraph text frames automatically adjust to fit text	Click Tools Options. In the list of categories, double-click Text, and click Paragraph. Enable the Expand and shrink paragraph text frames to fit text check box.

To set options when importing or pasting text

If you want to import text, click File Import, and browse to the text file you want to import.

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Click Edit Paste.

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If you want to use the same formatting options whenever you import or paste text, enable the Don’t show this warning again check box. If you change your mind, however, you can re-activate it by clicking Tools Options, clicking Warnings in the Workspace list of categories, and enabling the Pasting and importing text check box.

To select text

To	Do the following
Select an entire text object	Using the Pick tool , click the text object.
Select specific characters	Using the Text tool , drag across the text.

Adding and selecting text