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234 Text Handling

A Group of 2 circles with text inside and one circle selected

To make a copy of the shape without the text, select the shape, then copy and paste. To
make a copy of the text without the shape, select all the text in the TEXT TOOL, then copy
(CTRL + C) and paste (CTRL + V).

Shaped text areas
If you want to create a text area of a specific shape then all you need to do is to create a
shape, fill it with text and then right-click the shape and select "TEXT INSIDE" > "SELECT
SHAPE".

Then just tap on the NO COLOR patch down on the color
line. And set the line width to NONE if your shape had an
outline.

Editing text

Double clicking on a text object in many of the tools takes you into the TEXTTOOL and
places the cursor at the click position in the text.

All the normal word processor-style cursor and mouse operations can be used. For
example:

• Click where you want to place the cursor.
• Use the left and right arrow keys to move left, right, up or down.
• Use "Ctrl + left and right arrow keys" to move left or right one word.
• Press "Home" or "End" to move to the start or end of the line.
• Press "Ctrl + Home", or "Ctrl + End" to move to the start or end of the text object.

Text selection:

• "Shift + any" of the above keys to select text
• Double click to select a word. Double click and drag to select whole words at a time.
• Triple click selects a whole line of text, or "Ctrl + L". Triple click and drag to select
whole lines at a time.