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Scaling and rotating text and changing the text orientation


    You can increase or decrease the size of text or a path. You can also change the direction of the text by rotating the text or the path, or by changing the text's orientation.

To scale or rotate a path:

  1. Select the text on the path.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • To scale the path (not the characters), place the cursor over any of the text box corner or side points, and when the cursor becomes a scale icon Scale cursor , drag the point.
    • To rotate the path and the characters, place the cursor just outside of one of the corner points, and when the cursor becomes a rotate icon Rotate cursor , drag the corner point.

To change text orientation:

  1. Select the text box.
  2. Choose Title > Orientation and select either Horizontal or Vertical.

To scale or rotate the text box:

  1. Select the text box.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • To scale the text box, place the cursor over any of the corner or side points, and when the cursor becomes a scale icon Scale cursor , drag the point.

    Note: If you created the text using a text tool, this procedure scales the characters and the text box. If you created the text using a paragraph text tool, this procedure scales only the text box.

    • To rotate the text box and the characters, either place the cursor just outside one of the corner points, and when the cursor becomes a rotate icon Rotate cursor , drag the corner point, or select the rotation tool Rotation tool , and drag a corner point.