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Problems with text in bounding box, not being able to take outside of bounding box.

Sep 14, 2012 11:08 PM

Tags: #text #box #in-design #bounding

Ok,

First off, i'm a student in said class. So i'm a begininer in In-design.

The problem i'm having is taking a text i typed out, for example,  2 capital JJ's ,out of the bounding box.

Or the text box. Anyways, I need help, and will be looking perodically for an answer.

The reason i want to take them out is so i can select them, and resize the J's , is there a way to do this.

Note i allready type out the body copy and caption. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Antisane

733 Views   8 Replies   Latest reply: Antisane, Sep 16, 2012 11:50 AM
 
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  • Michael Gianino
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    1. Michael Gianino,
    Sep 14, 2012 11:39 PM   in reply to Antisane
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    I'm unclear about what you have and what you want. Can you post a screenshot of what you have, and indicate what you want? Click the camera icon above to post a scrreenshot to the forum.

     

    ss.png

     
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  • Antisane
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    2. Antisane,
    Sep 15, 2012 10:23 AM   in reply to Michael Gianino
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    How do i edit my post on this forum, so i can take a screen shot?

    Thanks,

    Antisane

     
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  • Peter Spier
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    3. Peter Spier,
    Sep 15, 2012 12:09 PM   in reply to Antisane
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    You make your screen captures using whatever method you woukd normally use in your OS, then you come here, click the camera icon that Michael circled in his example (you MUST come back to the web page to add an image) and browse for the image. It will be embedded in your post.

     
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    4. Antisane,
    Sep 15, 2012 6:59 PM   in reply to Michael Gianino
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    J's in bounding box.PNG

     
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  • Peter Spier
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    5. Peter Spier,
    Sep 16, 2012 7:14 AM   in reply to Antisane
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    It's still not entirely clear, at least to me, waht you are trying to do. Perhaps you could explain the project a bit more.

     
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    6. Antisane,
    Sep 16, 2012 11:14 AM   in reply to Peter Spier
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    Well,  it's an excercise for class. The trouble i'm having is being able to edit the J's outside the bounding box. i.e

    take them out and resize them. what i'm doing is designing 24 examples about typography, using 1 letter, in this case it would be J.

    Hope this clarifies things.

    Antisane

     
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  • Peter Spier
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    7. Peter Spier,
    Sep 16, 2012 11:25 AM   in reply to Antisane
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    Not a lot...

     

    Type must be either in a text frame or on a path. It can't exist in a vacuum, so to speak.

     

    You can set the letter in its own frame, or on a path, then group with other frames, or anchor into the text flow in another frame (read about anchored objects in the help files). If the text befgins a paragraph you can style it as a drop cap, and of course you can select text anywhere and apply formatting, either as a character style or a local formatting override.

     
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    8. Antisane,
    Sep 16, 2012 11:50 AM   in reply to Peter Spier
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    ok thanks, i'll read about anchored objects. I appreciate your help. I will update whether i got it or not.

     
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