Edit or delete type on a path, Edit and format path-type characters, Delete type from a path – Adobe InDesign CS4 User Manual

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USING INDESIGN CS4

Combining text and objects

Note: If neither clicking nor dragging seems to work, make sure that the small plus sign appears next to the Type On A
Path tool.

3 Type the text you want. If you clicked to place the insertion point on the path, type will appear along the entire

length of the path. If you dragged, type will appear only along the length you dragged.

Note: If the path was originally visible, it remains visible after you add type to it. To hide the path, select it with the
Selection or Direct Selection tool, and then apply a fill and stroke of None.

Edit or delete type on a path

You can apply character and paragraph options to type on a path. However, paragraph rules and paragraph spacing
options have no effect on type on a path. The alignment setting in the Paragraph panel controls the alignment of type
on a path.

Edit and format path-type characters

1 Using the Type On A Path tool, do one of the following:

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To add an insertion point, click between any two characters in the type on a path.

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To select characters, drag through the type on a path.

2 Edit and format the text as needed.

Delete type from a path

1 Using the Selection tool

or Direct Selection tool

, select one or more type-on-a-path objects.

2 Choose Type > Type on a Path > Delete Type From Path.

If the path text is threaded, type moves to the next threaded text frame or type-on-a-path object. If the path text isn’t
threaded, text is deleted. The path remains, but loses any type-on-a-path attributes—all brackets, in and out ports, and
threading properties are removed.

Note: If the path’s fill and stroke are set to None, the path is invisible after you delete the type. To make the path visible,
press the D key immediately after you choose Type > Type on a Path

> Delete Type From Path. This applies the default

fill and stroke to the selected path.

Tighten character spacing around sharp turns and acute angles

1 Using the Selection tool or the Type tool, select the type on a path.

2 Choose Type > Type on a Path > Options, or double-click the Type On A Path tool.

3 For Spacing, type a value in points. Higher values remove the extra space from between characters positioned on

sharp curves or angles.

Type on a path before (left) and after (right) applying spacing adjustment

Updated 18 June 2009