Text objects All text in a Canvas document is contained in objects called text objects. Text objects can contain a single character or line of text, or thousands of words, sentences, and paragraphs. Note: Dimension objects contain dimension text. For more informa- tion on text in dimensions, see the description of Dimensioning tools beginning on page 24.448. Selecting and editing text objects A text object can be selected or be in edit mode. These states are mutually exclusive. In other words, a text object can’t be in edit mode and be selected at the same time. When a text object is in edit mode, the Text tool is active and you can add, move, and delete text in the text object. For text-editing proce- dures, see “Text edit mode” on page 27.513. When a text object is selected, you can change its dimensions, delete it, move it, and apply commands and operations to it, the same as you would with other objects. For more information, see the chapter titled “Working with objects” on page 16.245. Typing text in a document You use the Text tool or the Vertical Text tool to type text into a doc- ument. This section describes using the Text tool for typing. The Vertical Text tool does not appear unless “Enable two-byte script” is selected in the Preferences dialog box. The Vertical Text A selected text object has handles at the corners and midpoints of its bounding box. In edit mode, an insertion point appears in the text, and the Text tool pointer is an I-beam. Insertion point I-beam pointer
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