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Adding text to menus
About text in menus
Adobe Encore DVD lets you type text directly onto a menu. You can type text either horizontally or vertically, and
either freely or constrained to a bounding box. In addition to providing standard control over the appearance of the
type, Adobe Encore DVD also lets you transform a text block as if it were an object. You can edit the text you add to
a menu in either Adobe Encore DVD or Photoshop. Any changes you make to the text in Photoshop appear in the
Adobe Encore DVD menu.
The toolbox contains two different text tools: the Horizontal Text tool
tool, you can enter text either freely or within a bounding box.
To enter text freely, you simply click where you want the text to begin. You control how the text wraps by using the
Enter key. The text is not constrained. Typing text freely is convenient for quickly entering single words, such as on
buttons.
To enter text within a bounding box, you first drag the pointer to define the text block. When you type, the text wraps
when it reaches the edge of the box. While you can continue to enter text when the type hits the bottom (or edge for
vertical type), Adobe Encore DVD displays only the text that fits in the box. The bounding box can be useful when
trying to arrange type in a specific area of the menu. You can resize the bounding box, which causes the text to reflow,
changing the line endings and possibly how many lines of text display.
Comparison of entering text freely (left) or within bounding box (right)
To add text to a menu
Open the menu to which you want to add text.
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Select either the Vertical Text or Horizontal Text tool from the toolbox. The pointer changes to an I-beam within
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a dotted box. The small horizontal line near the bottom of the I-beam marks the baseline on which the text rests.
Do one of the following:
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Position the baseline of the I-beam pointer where you want the text to be located, and click to set the entry point
for the text. The insertion point appears.
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Drag the I-beam pointer to define the bounding box for the text. When you release the mouse button, the insertion
point appears. Its location is determined by the alignment option set in the Character panel.
In the Character panel, select the attributes you want for the text. (See "Character panel" on page 97.)
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You can change the orientation of vertical text by using the Rotate Character command in the Character Panel menu.
Type the desired text.
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To reposition the text without switching tools, Ctrl-drag it as needed. When you release the Ctrl key, the text pointer
returns.
and the Vertical Text tool
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