Text is added through the Projects module. If you have loaded a photo, but have not yet created a project, select Projects > Photo Layouts > Collage from Current Photo on the Navigation panel to begin a new project.

To find the tools:

  1. Click the Projects button on the Navigation panel.

  2. Find the Text tool on the Toolbar. Tools to specify text attributes are found below the Work area in the Settings area.

 

To add text to a project:

1.

Click the Text tool on the Projects Toolbar. The text settings are displayed below the Work area, and a sample text sentence appears in the project.

2.

Enter text in the Text Editor.

3.

Select a text color from the Color drop-down menu.

4.

Adjust the size of the text by dragging the size handles on the text bounding box.

5.

Rotate the text by dragging the center size handle inside the bounding box. The vertical line indicates the orientation of the text.


Settings area tools

Text effects

Click this icon to bold the text.

Click this icon to Italicize the text.

Click this icon to underline the text.

Tip - Multiple effects can be applied to the text, but all the text in the text box will be affected. To apply bold, italics, or underline to a portion of the text, create as many text frames as necessary by clicking the Text tool. Apply the desired effect to each frame, and then position the frames where necessary.

 

Text justification

Click this icon to left justify the text in the text frame.

Click this icon to center the text in the text frame.

Click this icon to right justify the text in the text frame.