NewTek LiveText - Manual (Page 26)

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3.5 THE TOOL PANEL
The Tool Panel situated left of the Canvas provides the basic tools to create the text and graphic
elements of your title page compositions, establish their relationships to one another if any, and
set their primary attributes.
3.5.1 TEXT AND DRAWING
T (Text)
Click on the T (Text) button to activate the text function. Before you
enter text, this button must be highlighted. Click in the Canvas and an I-
beam icon starts blinking. This is your Canvas cursor. When you type,
the I-beam is the insert point for the text. You can move the I-beam
anywhere on the Canvas by clicking it with your mouse and dragging it
around or just clicking your mouse on another spot in the Canvas.
To edit the characters of any existing text, click your cursor anywhere
on the line of text, and drag your mouse to select letters or whole
words (selected character will be highlighted.)
Hint: Use the End and Home keys on your keyboard to
navigate to the beginning and end of text lines. If you
mistyped, you can use the Backspace key to erase or the
keyboard arrow keys to go back or forth on the line or up and
down between lines.
Arrow (Selection)
Clicking on the Arrow button activates the Selection tool (and switches off the Text tool). This
selects the whole line, not just parts of it. If you have just typed something in, clicking the Arrow
will create a box around what you typed. Select the line by clicking anywhere on it.
When you roll your mouse over the box, the cursor changes form. When it becomes a two-
headed arrow, you can click to grab an edge of the box and drag it in or out to resize the text.
When the cursor sprouts four arrowheads, you can click and grab the whole box to move it
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