MACROMEDIA FREEHAND 10-USING FREEHAND Use Manual page 365

Choose Text > Flow Inside Path, or click the Flow Inside Path button in the
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Text toolbar.
To adjust the text's placement within the path, choose Window > Inspectors >
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Object to display the Object inspector. Enter values in the Inset text boxes to
define the margins between the text and the path. If necessary, select Display
Border to make the path visible.
Adjusting text in a path with the Object inspector
When you select a path with text flowed inside it, a box is displayed below the
path. A dot in the box indicates overflow text.
To remove text to which you've applied the Attach to Path or Flow Inside Path
command, you use the Detach from Path command.
Select the path with the Pointer tool.
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Choose Text > Detach from Path, or click the Detach from Path button in the
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Text toolbar.
The command creates two objects: the text block and the path. Any
transformations are removed.