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- From: glf@oclc.org (Greg Feldman-Hill)
- Subject: Re: Wrap text WITHIN a graphic: How?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.163217.12904@oclc.org>
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- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 16:32:17 GMT
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- jtc1@cornell.edu (John T. Chapman) writes:
- : In article <1992Dec11.210137.26612@oclc.org> Greg Feldman-Hill,
- : glf@oclc.org writes:
- : >I have (or have access to) SuperPaint (newest version), MS Word 4.x,
- : >or PageMaker 3.x (yup, 3 not 4). If anyone has any ideas on how to do
- : >this, OR, if anyone knows of a software package
- : >(free/share/commercial) that can just do what we need, I'd appreciate
- : >the info.
- :
- : Canvas 3.0 does wrapping of text within an object, along with slanted
- : text margins and binding text to a curve/polygon. I'm pretty sure
- : Illustrator and Freehand also have these features.
- :
- : I _think_ Pagemaker 4.x will also allow you to do this (confirmation,
- : someone?), but don't have the manual handy at the moment.
- :
- : Good luck,
- :
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- : John T. Chapman jtc1@cornell.edu
- : Office of Computing and Statistical Consulting
- : Cornell University - College of Human Ecology
- : -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- : "Truth is after all a moving target/Hairs to split, and pieces that don't
- : fit/How can anybody be enlightened?/Truth is after all so poorly lit"
- : - N. Peart, Turn The Page
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-
- Thanks everyone for the help. I see that it's time to spend some
- money on some proper design tools.
-
- Can someone please confirm that PageMaker 4.x can wrap text INSIDE a
- graphics object? If so, this would be best for me.
-
- Thanks again!
-
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