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Applying built-in special effects
FreeHand comes with six built-in effects, including drop shadows, highlights, strikethroughs, underlines, outlines, and zoom effects. You can set options for all of the effects except Drop Shadow. You can also search for occurrences of a text effect in a document.
Applying effects can slow redraw speed as you work with documents. You can set options to offset this effect when editing.
To apply a text effect with its default settings:
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Using the Pointer tool, select text or one or more text blocks. |
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Choose Window > Inspectors > Text and click the Character button to display the Text Character inspector. |
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In the Text Character inspector, choose an effect from the pop-up menu. |
Note: The Graphic element effect is used for inline graphics only. |
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To set options for an effect:
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Use the Text tool to select text to which the effect has been applied. |
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Do one of the following: |
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Choose Edit from the Effects menu in the Text Character inspector. |
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Choose Text > Effect, and choose the effect from the submenu. |
A dialog box appears for the effect you have chosen. |
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Set effect options as described in the following procedures. |
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To edit the Highlight, Underline, and Strikethrough text effects, set the following options:
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For Position, enter a positive number for the effect's distance above the baseline, or enter a negative number for the distance below the text baseline. |
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To apply a dash pattern, choose a pattern from the Dash pop-up menu. |
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For Stroke Width, enter the point size of the effect. |
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To change the color of the effect, use the color pop-up menu. |
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To compensate for slight misregistration when overprinting the original text, select Overprint. |
To edit the Inline effect, set the following options:
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To specify the number of outlines that will surround the text, enter a number in the Count text box. |
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For Stroke Width, enter the size of the stroke width. |
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To change the stroke color, choose from the color pop-up menu. |
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For Background Width, enter the width of the background color that will be between the stroke and the text. |
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To change the background color, choose from the color pop-up menu. |
To edit the Zoom effect, set the following options:
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In the Zoom To text box, enter a percentage for the foreground object. |
For example, entering 50% reduces the foreground object by 50% of the original. |
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In the Offset X and Y text boxes, enter the distance to move the foreground object from the original text. |
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To change the color of the background object, use the From pop-up menu. |
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To change the color of the foreground object, use the To pop-up menu. |
To search for text effects applied in a document:
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Display the Find & Replace Graphics panel: |
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Choose Edit > Find & Replace > Graphics. |
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Click the Find & Replace Graphics button in the Main toolbar.
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In the Find & Replace dialog box, click the Select tab. |
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Choose Text Effect from the Attribute pop-up menu. |
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Choose an effect from the Effects menu. |
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For Search, choose an option to define the scope of the searchSelection, Page, or Document. |
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If you chose Selection in step 4, select Add to Selection to add text with the specified effect to a current selection. If you chose Page or Document in step 4, select Remove from Selection to deselect text with the specified effect from a current selection. |
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Click Find. |
The number of objects selected appears in the lower left corner of the panel. |
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To speed screen redraw when using effects, do one of the following:
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Choose Edit > Preferences. Click Redraw, and deselect Display Text Effects. |
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Assign effects after typing text. |
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Choose View > Preview to turn off Preview mode and work in Keyline mode. |
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