Transforming Text; Converting Text To Paths - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS MX 2004-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

To move the starting point of text attached to a path:
Select the text-on-a-path object.
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In the Property inspector, enter a value in the Text Offset text box. Then press Enter.
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Note: If the Property inspector is minimized, click the expander arrow in the lower right corner to
see all properties.

Transforming text

You can transform text blocks in the same ways you can transform other objects. You can scale,
rotate, skew, and flip text to create unique text effects.
You can still edit the transformed text, although severe transformations may make the text
difficult to read. When a text block transformation causes text to be resized or scaled, the resulting
font size appears in the Property inspector when the text is selected.

Converting text to paths

You can convert text to paths and then edit the shapes of the letters as you would any vector
object. All vector-editing tools are available after you convert text to paths. However, you can no
longer edit it as text.
To convert selected text to paths:
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Choose Text > Convert to Paths.
Text converted to paths retains all of its visual attributes, but you can edit it only as paths. You
can edit the converted text as a group or edit the converted characters individually.
To edit converted text character paths individually, do one of the following:
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Select the converted text with the Subselection tool.
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Select the converted text and choose Modify > Ungroup.
You can edit the individual converted character paths using the vector-editing tools. For more
information on editing paths, see
You can create a composite path from a text object that was created by converting text to paths.
To create a composite path from a path group that was created by converting text to paths:
Select the path group.
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Choose Modify > Ungroup.
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Choose Modify > Combine Paths > Join.
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92 Chapter 4: Using Text
"Editing paths" on page 71.