Resizing and Justifying Text
Even after applying Pinnacle's wonderful styles, you still may have to resize and/or justify your text. When resizing, note that Studio will adjust your text differently depending on which scaling, shrinking, or word-wrapping option you've selected. See the
preceding
sidebar, "About Text Scaling and Word Wrapping," for details.
To justify text, you use a control to place the text in one of nine divided areas, a simple way to ensure consistency among
menus
.
To resize text
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1.
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Select the text that you want to adjust and click the gray bounding box to display the control points.
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2.
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If the Move, Scale, and Rotate tool isn't selected at the bottom of the Title Editor window, click the icon to enable the tool (
Figure 10.36
).
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3.
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To shrink or expand the text, do
any of the following:
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Hold the pointer over a corner control point of the bounding box to convert it into a two-sided arrow (
Figure 10.37
). Press the mouse button and drag the control point in or out to shrink or expand the text as desired. If you've selected Shrink to Fit or Word Wrap On, you can
freely
resize the height and width of the text, but if you've selected Scale to Fit, Studio restricts your scaling so that the aspect ratio of the text doesn't change.
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Hold the pointer over the left- or right-side control point to convert it into a two-sided arrow (
Figure 10.38
). Press the left mouse button and drag the control point in or out to shrink or expand the text.
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Hold the pointer over either the top or bottom control point to convert it into a two-sided arrow (
Figure 10.39
). Press the left mouse button and drag the control point in or out to shrink or expand the text.
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To justify text
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1.
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Select the text that you want to adjust and click the gray bounding box to display the control points.
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2.
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Do
one of the following:
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On the Title Editor toolbar at the bottom of the screen, click the Justify tool, which looks like a tic-tac-toe board (
Figure 10.40
).
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From the Studio menu, choose Title > Justify.
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3.
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Select the desired area in the Justify tool.
Studio aligns the text
accordingly
(
Figure 10.41
).
After positioning your text, the Justify tool displays a black dot in the selected spot, reflecting the current positioning.
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Tip
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The Justify tool is easily
confused
with the Text Justify (text alignment) tool discussed in "To change font, text attributes, and alignment" earlier in this chapter. The Text Justify tool justifies or aligns the text within the text object itself, like the alignment tools in a word processor. In contrast, the Justify tool aligns the text object to a location in the menu or title.
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