Ignore text wrap in a text frame, Creating type on a path, Create type on a path – Adobe InDesign CS4 User Manual
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USING INDESIGN CS4
Combining text and objects
Ignore text wrap in a text frame
In some cases, you’ll want to turn off text wrap in a text frame. For example, you may want one text frame to wrap
around an image, but you may want a different text frame to appear within the image.
1 Select the text frame, and choose Object > Text Frame Options.
2 Select Ignore Text Wrap, and click OK.
Creating type on a path
Create type on a path
You can format text to flow along the edge of an open or closed path of any shape. Apply options and effects to type on
a path: Slide it along the path, flip it over to the other side of the path, or use the shape of the path to distort the
characters. Type on a path has an in port and an out port just like other text frames, so you can thread text to and from it.
You can include only one line of type on a path, so any type that won’t fit on the path will be overset (hidden), unless
you’ve threaded it to another path or text frame. You can add inline or above line anchored objects to type on a path.
You can’t create type on a path using compound paths, such as those that result from using the Create Outlines
command.
Type on a path
A. Start bracket B. In port C. Center bracket D. End bracket E. Out port indicating threaded text
1 Select the Type On A Path tool
. (Click and hold the Type tool to display a menu containing the Type On A Path
tool.)
2 Position the pointer on the path until a small plus sign appears next to the pointer
, and then follow these steps:
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To type using default settings, click the path. An insertion point appears at the start of the path by default. If the
current default paragraph settings specify an indent, or any alignment other than left, the insertion point may
appear somewhere other than at the start of the path.
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To confine the text to a specific portion of the path, click the path where you would like the text to start, and drag
along the path to where you want the text to end, then release the mouse. (For information about changing the start
and end position of text, see “
Adjust the type on a path position
Changing location of type on path
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Updated 18 June 2009