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Editing text – Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 v.14.xx User Manual

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Editing text

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Edit text
Specify curly or straight quotes
Apply anti-aliasing to a type layer
Check and correct spelling
Find and replace text
Assign a language for text
Scaling and rotating type
Change the orientation of a type layer
Rasterize type layers

Edit text

1. Select the Horizontal Type tool

or the Vertical Type tool

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2. Select the type layer in the Layers panel, or click in the text flow to automatically select a type layer.

3. Position the insertion point in the text, and do one of the following:

Click to set the insertion point.

Select one or more characters you want to edit.

4. Enter text as desired.

5. In the options bar, do one of the following:

Click the Commit button to apply your changes to the type layer.

Click the Cancel button

or press ESC.

See also

Specify curly or straight quotes

Typographer’s quotes, often called curly quotes or smart quotes, blend in with the curves of the font. Typographer’s quotes are traditionally used
for quotation marks and apostrophes. Straight quotes are traditionally used as abbreviations for feet and inches.

1. Choose Edit > Preferences > Type (Windows) or Photoshop > Preferences > Type (Mac OS).

2. Under Type Options, select or deselect Use Smart Quotes.

Apply anti-aliasing to a type layer

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