Slanting text columns The Text > Wrap > Slant Margin command lets you change a text column’s margins to form a parallelogram. To slant right and left margins 1 Select a text object. 2 Choose Text > Wrap > Slant Margin. The text object’s selec- tion handles change to four corner handles. 3 To slant margins away from the bottom line of text, drag either of the text object’s top two selection handles horizontally. 4 To slant margins away from the top line of text, drag either of the text object’s 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).
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