3 Specify Text File in the Show menu (Mac) or TXT (.TXT) in the Files of Type menu (Windows). 4 In the Tutorial folder, select the document “Text.txt”. 5 Click Place. The set of columns should now be filled evenly with text. Repelling text from objects You can make text “run” around objects with the Repel feature. You can set the amount of space between an object and the text it repels. An object with a repel setting repels all text; you can move the object and it will repel text wherever you place the object in the layout. You can apply repel settings to objects before any text has been placed in a document. You can even apply a repel setting to a text object to make it repel other text. In this lesson, you are going to repel text around the graphic of silver- ware at the top of page 2. To make an object repel text 1 Select the silverware graphic at the top of the page with the Selection tool. 2 Choose Text > Wrap > Repel. The graphic should repel any text that surrounds it. Try moving the object around and you will see how it repels text wherever it is.
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