Slanting text columns
The Text > Wrap > Slant Margin command lets you change a text
columns margins to form a parallelogram.
To slant right and left margins
1
Select a text object.
2
Choose Text > Wrap > Slant Margin. The text objects selec-
tion handles change to four corner handles.
3
To slant margins away from the bottom line of text, drag either
of the text objects top two selection handles horizontally.
4
To slant margins away from the top line of text, drag either of
the text objects bottom two selection handles horizontally.
5
Press Enter (Mac) or Esc (Windows) when you are finished.
Removing wrap effects
You can restore text margins to the standard rectangular shape by
choosing Text > Wrap > Remove Wrap.
To remove a wrap effect: Select a wrapped text object. Choose
Text > Wrap > Remove Wrap.
Setting the column angle
When you choose Text > Wrap
> Slant Margin, you can drag
selection handles to specify
the angle of margins.
A
The bottom right handle of
the text column is dragged to
specify the angle of the margins
(shown by the dashed lines).
B
Canvas adjusts the margins
to slant the text column within
the bounding rectangle. (The
bounding rectangle is repre-
sented by the eight selection
handles.)
A
B
Tip
To remove effects, you can
also use the Undos palette or
keyboard commands: Com-
mand+Z (Mac) or Ctrl+Z (Win-
dows).