Activate a Text Object for Editing

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 Editing Text

When a new text object is added to the page, it is ready for you to enter text right away. Later, you can add, delete and format the text within the object. In order to do that, you must double click on the text object to activate it for editing. Once a text object is in editing mode (activated for editing), you can make changes to some or all of the text within the object. In order to select text within an object, the text object must first be activated for editing. 

Some functions, such aligning and resizing a text object, require that you select the object itself, not the text within it.

Select a Text Object

• To select an object, you simply click on it.

Activate a text object for editing

• Double click on a text object. This gives you editing handles and a blinking cursor.
• Edit the text within the object.
• Click a blank spot on the background to deselect the object.

   

 

When you double click to put a text object into editing mode, the background of the object fills with white or a color. You can change the color of the background color that is used during editing.