Create text objects
When you work with text in Microsoft Expression Design documents, it can be helpful to think of each character (or glyph) as an individual closed path, and a word or sentence as a group of all those paths. Each character can have its own fill or stroke attributes. You can position text anywhere in your document, including inside a path (so that the path behaves as a frame for the text) or so that it follows along a path. You can also convert editable text to outlines (Bezier paths), although the text will no longer be editable.
To create text
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In the Toolbox, select the Text
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tool. In your document, your mouse pointer changes to the add text .gif "Cc295071.89ac2b48-cfdc-4aff-98e0-815a9a546534(en-us,Expression.10).gif")
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Click anywhere in your document, and then type the text you want.
Note:If you click a path, your mouse pointer changes to the add text to path
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cursor to indicate that the text you type will follow the path.Press ENTER to break to a new line.
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To leave the current text object, click anywhere in your document, or press ESC.
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You can also paste text into Expression Design, but you cannot paste more than 10,000 characters. |
Each block of text acts as a separate object on your page, which you can move, rotate, transform, apply effects to, and so on, just like any other graphic shape.
