Adobe PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS Manual page 223

• Use fill shortcuts. To fill with the foreground
color, press Alt+Backspace (Windows) or
Option+Delete (Mac OS); to fill with the
background color, press Ctrl+Backspace
(Windows) or Command+Delete (Mac OS).
Note: After committing a type layer, clicking in the
text area with the move tool ( ) will select the type
layer. A bounding box appears around the selected
text if Show Bounding Box is selected in the options
bar. Clicking outside the bounding box will deselect
the type layer if Auto Select Layer is selected in the
options bar. You can always click in the text area to
select a type layer if the Relaxed Text Selection
preference is selected. If this preference is not selected,
you need to click the actual type strokes to select a
type layer.
Editing text in type layers
You can insert new text, change existing text, and
delete text in type layers. If any styles are applied to
a type layer, all text will inherit the style attributes.
To edit text in a type layer:
Select the horizontal type tool ( ) or the
1
vertical type tool ( ). If you click in an active type,
the type tool changes at the insertion point to
match the orientation of the layer.
Select the type layer in the Layers palette,
2
or click in the text flow to automatically select a
type layer.
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3 Position the insertion point in the text, and do
one of the following:
• Click to set the insertion point.
Select one or more characters you want to edit.
•
Enter text as desired.
4
Commit the changes to the type layer. (See
5
"About using the type tools" on page 213.)
Changing type layer orientation
The orientation of a type layer determines the
direction of type lines in relation to the document
window. When a type layer is vertical, the type
lines flow up and down; when a type layer is
horizontal, the type lines flow from left to right.
To change the orientation of a type layer:
1 Select the type layer in the Layers palette.
Do one of the following:
2
Select a type tool, and click the Flip Orientation
•
button ( ) in the options bar.
Choose Layer > Type > Horizontal, or choose
•
Layer > Type > Vertical.
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