Adobe PHOTOSHOP 6.0 Manual page 263

To enter paragraph type:
Select the type tool ( ).
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(Photoshop) Click the New Type Layer
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button ( ) in the options bar.
Click an orientation option in the options bar:
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• Horizontal ( ) to enter type horizontally.
• Vertical ( ) to enter type vertically.
4 Do one of the following:
Drag diagonally to define a bounding box for
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the type.
Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS)
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as you click or drag to display the Text Box Size
dialog box. Enter values for Width and Height,
and click OK.
Select additional type options in the options
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bar, Character palette, and Paragraph palette.
(See "Formatting characters" on page 258
and "Formatting paragraphs" on page 265.)
6 Enter the characters you want. Press Enter
on the main keyboard (Windows) or Return
(Mac OS) to begin a new paragraph. If you enter
more type than can fit in the bounding box, the
overflow icon ( ) appears on the bounding box.
7 (Photoshop) If desired, resize, rotate, or skew
the bounding box.
8 (Photoshop) Commit the type layer. (See
"About using the type tool (Photoshop)" on
page 252.)
The type you entered appears in a new type layer.
To resize or transform a type bounding box:
Display the bounding box handles:
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(Photoshop) With the type tool active, select
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the type layer in the Layers palette, and click in the
text flow.
(ImageReady) With the type tool active, select
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the type layer. If the bounding box handles don't
appear, make sure that the Text Bounds option is
selected in the View > Show submenu.
Drag to achieve the desired effect:
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To resize the bounding box, position the pointer
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over a handle—the pointer turns into a double
arrow ( )—and drag. Shift-drag to maintain the
proportion of the bounding box.
(Photoshop) To rotate the bounding box,
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position the pointer outside of the bounding
border—the pointer turns into a curved,
two-sided arrow ( )—and drag. Shift-drag to
constrain the rotation to 15° increments.
To change the center of rotation, Ctrl-
drag (Windows) or Command-drag (Mac OS)
the center point to a new location. The center
point can be outside the bounding box.
• (Photoshop) To skew the bounding box,
hold down Ctrl+Shift (Windows) or
Command+Shift (Mac OS) and drag a side
handle. The pointer turns into an arrowhead
with a small double arrow ( ).
(Photoshop) To scale the type as you resize the
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bounding box, Ctrl-drag (Windows) or
Command-drag (Mac OS) a corner handle.
Note: You can also transform type layers using the
transformation commands in the Edit menu, except
for Perspective and Distort.
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