Inserting and Customising Your Text

Inserting and Customising Your Text

You can now insert and edit your text boxes by creating and saving custom text styles.  Click on the "Insert Text" button (The icon that looks like a "T") to open your text styles options.  Each text style option will show a saved font, color of font, and point size.  By default you will start out with the following saved Text Styles:
  • Default Body Text (Arial Regular, 16pts)      
  • Default Headline Text (Arial Bold, 52pts)
  • Default Caption Text (Arial Italic, 12pts)
(Note: These are suggested styles for your body text, header text, and caption text.  You don't need to use these styles if you prefer something different.  With these styles you can make your changes and save it as a new text style.) 

How to insert and edit Text

  • Click "Insert Text" button that looks like a "T" from the Insert Menu.
  • A text box will appear on the page.
  • Double click to start typing into the text box.   
      
  • With the text box selected your text edit tools will appear at the top of your work station.
    • Font 
    • Text styles: Bold, Italic, Underline 
    • Point Size
    • Text color
    • Paragraph alignment: Left, Center, Right, Justified
    • Text Edit Mode
    • Save Text Style
(Note: When you insert a text box onto your page; your page will highlight grey as long as the text box is selected.  This is the "Limit Move Region" function to prevent you from positioning your text box in a location that is too close or beyond the trim line.)

 

Limit Move Region

  
To assist you in keeping your text within the page safety area we have added a new feature, "Limit Move Region." After placing your text box onto your page; a grey box will appear that covers the entire area that is safe to place your text box. This is to ensure any important text doesn't get cut off.  If you would like to turn this feature off, simply click the Limit Move Region icon to deactivate the feature. (Note: Any text placed beyond the safety limits of your page are in danger of being cut off.) 

Choosing fonts

To choose a font, just select a text box and click on the font menu. A font picker window will show all available fonts. We made it easier to be able to preview what the font looks like.  
 In the text tool bar, you will also see that we have new text styles available: Bold, Italic, and Underline. 
(Note: Not all fonts will have the text style Bold and Italic.)
 

Text Edit Mode

When using the "Text Edit Mode" feature; this allows you to view only the text to make your edits. With a text box selected click the Text Edit Mode button to edit and format your text.
Click the "Close Text Edit Mode" button to exit.
 

Advanced Options

Use our redesigned Advanced options to further customise your text. In addition to changing fonts, colour and size you can make your text stand out and impact your page more with these features: 
  • Add Tracking - Control the spacing between your text.
  • Leading - Edit the baseline of successive lines of type.
  • Hyphenate or not hyphenate your text. 
  • Change the alignment within your text box and the direction your text flows in it.
    • Down
    • Up
    • Left
    • Right
    • Center, Horizontal
    • Center, Vertical
       

 

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