Adobe InDesign CS4 - Manual (Page 227)

219 USING INDESIGN CS4
Combining text and objects
Position pointer on center bracket, and then drag across path to flip type.
You can also flip type on a path using a dialog box. Using the Selection tool or the Type tool, select the type on a path.
Choose Type > Type on a Path
> Options. Select the Flip option, and then click OK.
Apply an effect to type on a path
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 Choose one of the following in the Effect menu, and then click OK:
• To keep the center of each character’s baseline parallel to the path’s tangent, choose Rainbow. This is the default
setting.
Type on a path effects
A. Rainbow effect B. Skew effect C. 3D Ribbon effect D. Stair Step effect E. Gravity effect
• To keep characters’ vertical edges perfectly vertical regardless of the path shape, while letting characters’ horizontal
edges follow the path, choose Skew. The resulting horizontal distortion is useful for text that appears to follow
waves or go around a cylinder, as on a beverage can label.
• To keep characters’ horizontal edges perfectly horizontal regardless of the path shape, while keeping each
character’s vertical edge perpendicular to the path, choose 3D Ribbon.
• To keep the left edge of each character’s baseline on the path without rotating any characters, choose Stair Step.
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Updated 18 June 2009