PhotoPlus X2 User Guide - Serif

To create new solid text:
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1. Click the Text Tools flyout on the Tools toolbar and choose the
standard Text Tool.
2. Click on your image with the text cursor to set where you want to insert text.
The text attributes (font, point size, bold/italic/underline, alignment, antialias
and colour) set on the Text Context toolbar prior to clicking will be applied.
OR
Drag across the page to size your text according to requirements. Release the
mouse button to set the point size.
3. Type your text, which is applied directly on your page. The text appears on a
new transparent layer in the image. You can now use the Move Tool or other
tools and commands to manipulate it, just like the contents of any layer.
To edit text:
1. Select all or part of any text.
2. On the Text Context toolbar, set new text attributes (font, point size,
bold/italic/underline, alignment, antialias, or colour) to be adopted by the
selected text area. The Character tab also lets you adjust selected text's Point
Size, letter Spacing, Leading, Advance, or Width.
To change text's solid colour:
1. Select all or part of any text.
2. Click the colour swatch on the Context toolbar and use the Adjust Colour
dialog. (See Choosing colours on p. 73.)
3. Select your new colour and click OK.
To swap to a gradient colour:
1. On the Layers tab, right-click the Text layer and choose Edit Fill....
2. Change the Fill Type from Solid to one of Linear, Radial, Conical, or Square.
3. Click on the Fill gradient swatch and select a preset gradient fill or create your
own gradient from the dialog (see Filling a region on p. 84). The gradient fill is
immediately applied to your text.
This applies a gradient fill to all of your text on the layer and not to
selected text.