Entering Text

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You use the Text tool to create text in Paint Shop Pro. As with the other tools you've used so far, when you select the Text tool, you will have additional options in which you determine items such as font, size, style, alignment, kerning, and leading as well as deciding what method you want Paint Shop Pro to use when placing the text on your image.


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Selecting a Text Type

Paint Shop Pro provides three types of text: vector, floating, or selection. The type you choose determines what kind of editing you can do. The text object type cannot be changed after the text object appears on the image. Paint Shop Pro places vector text on a vector layer and selection text on a background or raster layer. Floating text is placed on a floating layer above a background or raster layer.


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You will probably find it most practical to create the text as vector text, until you are absolutely sure you are finished with the placement and appearance of the object. You can then convert the vector layer to a raster layer and apply desired effects.

Choosing Basic Text Options

Later in the chapter, in the section titled "Editing Text," you will see where you can change text options after you create the text object, but you will find it much easier to select the options prior to creating the actual text.


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Your fonts might vary from the ones shown here.


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Paint Shop Pro provides text enhancements such as bolding, underlining, italic, or strikethrough on any portion of your text.


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When you're working with text, you have the same materials options available as with other Paint Shop Pro objects. The stroke style is the color of the edge around the letters, whereas the fill style is the center or body of the letters .


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You cannot choose Null for both the stroke and fill. Choosing Null for the fill creates outlined text.

Setting Kerning and Leading Options

Two additional features that are available when you're working with text are kerning and leading. Kerning refers to the spacing between letters and leading (pronounced like sledding without the s ) refers to the space between lines of text. Positive kerning or leading values increase the amount of space between adjacent characters (kerning) or lines (leading), whereas negative values decrease the amount of spacing.


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Typing Text

Now that you have set your options, you are ready to create the text. Paint Shop Pro provides a dialog box in which to type your text. However, unlike your use of a word processor, the text does not automatically wrap around to the next line. You need to tell Paint Shop Pro when you want the text to begin on a new line.


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Paint Shop Pro 8 Fast & Easy
Windows Server 2003 Registry
ISBN: 1592000975
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 154
Authors: Olga Kokoreva

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