Formatting Characters - Adobe PHOTOSHOP 6.0 Manual

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Using Type
To convert type to shapes:
Select a type layer, and choose Layer > Type >
Convert to Shapes.

Formatting characters

Photoshop and ImageReady give you precise
control over individual characters in type layers,
including font, size, color, leading, kerning,
tracking, baseline shift, and alignment. You can set
type attributes before you enter characters or reset
them to change the appearance of selected
characters in a type layer.
Selecting characters
Before you can format individual characters,
you must select them. You can select one character,
a range of characters, or all characters in a
type layer.
To select characters:
Select the type tool ( ).
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Select the type layer in the Layers palette,
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or click in the text flow to automatically select a
type layer.
Position the insertion point in the text, and do
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one of the following:
Drag to select one or more characters.
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Click in the text and then shift-click to select a
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range of characters.
Choose Select > All to select all the characters in
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the layer.
• Double-click a word to select it. Triple-click a
line to select it. Quadruple-click a paragraph to
select it. Quintuple-click anywhere in the text flow
to select all characters in a bounding box.
• To use the arrow keys to select characters,
hold down Shift and press the Right arrow or Left
arrow key. To use the arrow keys to select words,
hold down Shift+Ctrl (Windows) or
Shift+Command (Mac OS) and press the Right
arrow or Left arrow key.
To select all the characters in a layer without
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positioning the insertion point in the text flow,
select the type layer in the Layers palette, and then
double-click the layer's type icon ( ).
Note: In Photoshop, selecting and formatting
characters in a type layer puts the type tool into edit
mode. You must commit the changes before you can
perform other operations. (See "About using the type
tool (Photoshop)" on page 252.)
To show or hide selection highlighting (ImageReady):
Do one of the following:
• Choose View > Show > Text Selection.
Choose View > Show Extras. This command also
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shows or hides selection edges, slices, image maps,
text bounds, text baseline, and text selection.
(See "Working with Extras" on page 77.)
Using the Character palette
The Character palette provides options for
formatting characters. Some formatting options
are also provided in the options bar.