Creating Arc Text
1 Select Arc Text tool.
2 Do one of the following:
• Click and drag to define the radius and center of the circle the
text will be positioned around. The cursor will be placed at the
point on the circumference that you clicked on when creating
the circle.
Changing Text Attributes Using
DesignCentral
While or after creating text, you can adjust the text properties in
DesignCentral.
In DesignCentral you can have two or more tabs for each type of text.
Click and drag
• Hold Ctrl and drag to draw the circle from the center point.
The cursor will be placed at the point on the circumference
that you clicked on when creating the circle.
Horizontal Text
Click and drag
• Hold Shift and drag to restrict the Starting Angle to
increments determined in Preferences.
See “Preferences - General Tab” on page 14 for more information.
3 Type the text.
4 To move to the next line press Enter.
Horizontal Block Text
Vertical Text
Vertical Block Text
5 To finish entering text, press Esc or select a different tool.
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