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- From: glf@oclc.org (Greg Feldman-Hill)
- Subject: Re: Wrap text WITHIN a graphic: How?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.132711.10846@oclc.org>
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- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 13:27:11 GMT
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- Rick_McCormack@mindlink.bc.ca (Rick McCormack) writes:
- : PAgeMaker 3 can wrap text within a boundary box.
- :
- : Create the box, just as normal (RTM) at the location where the text will be
- : placed.
- : Fold the box over. (oh, sure!) To do this: grab the upper left corner of the
- : bounding box, and drag it across the right hand edge of the bounding box,
- : placing it about one-half-inch below the existing upper right corner. Repeat
- : with the lower left corner, placing it about one-half-inch ABOVE the existing
- : lower right corner. Pull the original lower right corner fully over to the
- : left; do the same with the original upper right corner. (Note that is the
- : original--as drawn-- right corners, which, by the time you do this are now
- : the lower and upper left corners.)
- :
- : You can now shape the bounding box, and any text you type in it will conform
- : to the shape you create.
- :
- : This procedure is outlined somewhere in the book USING PAGEMAKER: MACINTOSH
- : VERSION, 2nd Edition. Published by Que, ISBN 0-88022-607-2, 1990. Oh,
- : yeah--here it is, page 234.
- : --
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-
- Far out! I have the manuals, but not the QUE book. I'll have to find
- a copy of this and take a look. Thanks Rick (and everyone) for the
- help!
-
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