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Willem vd Goorbergh
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OT: text in Illustrator vs FH

Sep 18, 2007 6:26 AM

Hi list,
In Freehand you have the option to make text boxes auto-expandable, both vertically and horizontally.
In Illustrator 'point-type' expands by default, while 'area-type' needs to be expanded manually.
All my FH text came into Illustrator as 'area type'.
Is it possible to make thes text boxes to expand automatically in Illustrator?
Thanks,
Willem van den Goorbergh
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    1. Newsgroup_User,
    Sep 19, 2007 9:13 AM   in reply to Willem vd Goorbergh
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    Willem, there's no way within Illustrator to switch a text block from 'point
    type' to 'area type'. It's a serious limitation, in my opinion.

    Illustrator users cut text and paste it into a new text block of the other
    type. This would be a daunting task where many text blocks are involved,
    such as on a map.

    I suggest you do the conversion in FH. Select all non-expanding blocks that
    you want to expand and use the controls in the text block panel of
    FreeHand's object inspector.

    Judy Arndt

     
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    2. Willem vd Goorbergh,
    Sep 20, 2007 12:43 AM   in reply to Willem vd Goorbergh
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    Thank Judy,
    Annoying!
    A quick test revealed the following:
    Opening a FH 11.02 file directly in Ill CS3:
    All FH text blocks are box type in Ill (whether they were auto expandable in FH or not)
    Copy-paste text boxes from FH to Ill:
    auto expandable text boxes become point type in Ill (auto expandable)
    Non-expanding text blocks expand fully in height but only partially in width.
    So, for the moment, copy-paste is preferred over opening directly.
    Cumbersome!! (I share your opinion, as always :) )
    Willem
     
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    3. Newsgroup_User,
    Sep 20, 2007 1:39 PM   in reply to Willem vd Goorbergh
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    > Copy-paste text boxes from FH to Ill:
    > auto expandable text boxes become point type in Ill (auto expandable)
    > Non-expanding text blocks expand fully in height but only partially in width.

    Willem, I'm getting different results than you. How do you have your FH
    export preferences set? (They control what is copied to the clipboard.)

    If you export to an EPS file and open with AICS3, then all text becomes
    point type. This is undesirable for paragraphs, but might be a way to
    migrate a layer of map labels.

    Judy Arndt


     
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    4. Willem vd Goorbergh,
    Sep 21, 2007 1:16 AM   in reply to Willem vd Goorbergh
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    Hi Judy,
    Export settings are:
    Output options: - always ASCII image data
    Clipboard formats: pict off, all 4 others on, colors: CMYK & RGB

    I opened a random FH eps in CS3. At first sight all text boxes are point type indeed but a number of them are split up in multiple boxes. That's even worse.
    I'll have to look into this further. (got hundreds of files to convert the coming years :(( )
    Thanks for bearing with me.
    Willem van den Goorbergh
     
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