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To adjust the spacing around the image, simply go to Object > Text Wrap > Options. Now the text is wrapping around the image, the picture can be moved anywhere on the page and the text will continue to flow around it. The image is now sat within the paragraph of text allowing the words to flow around it, keep an eye out for any hyphenations as a result and knock them down onto the next line if necessary. (Choosing Options will allow you to set the margin around the image) With both text and picture selected go to Object > Text Wrap > Make. Notice however the image sits over the top of the text rather than the text flowing around it. Go to File > Place and import your desired graphic (resized beforehand in Adobe Photoshop), move it into position on the page. If working on more than one computer, you may have to carry font files along with your Illustrator file.Put together your textual layout on the relevant page size, here I’ve roughly set out a few paragraphs of text pulled straight from an article on the topic of frogs. Remember that fonts used in an Illustrator document can only be displayed and printed correctly when the viewer has those fonts installed on their computer. To resize a text box, drag the “handles” with the Selection Tool – hold down the Shift key to keep it proportionate. To move a text box, use the Selection Tool (black arrow) to click and drag it to its new location.

Change the stroke and fill as described in the Working With Color section.Click and release once on a corner handle of the text box itself – the Options Bar should change from Type (as shown in the screen shot above) to Anchor Point.Choose the Direct Selection Tool (white arrow) from the Toolbox.To change the fill or the stroke of the text box itself: To change the outline color (stroke), use the color square with the white square in the middle. To change the color of the letters (the fill color), use the solid color square in the Options Bar. For more specificity, click on the Character Panel or Paragraph Panel links in the Options Bar or use the Type menu Use the choices in the Options Bar to set font, size, etc.To change all of the text in a text box or shape: Use the Selection Tool (the black arrow) to do the below steps. If you want to affect only certain words or characters, use the Type Tool:

Set the leading to Auto – this should fix the overlap problem.Click on the Character Panel link in the Options Bar and set the font sizes to any value you like.

Select the text box or shape with the Selection Tool.

If the placed text looks strange, try this: Use the Character or Paragraph choices in the Options Bar or the Type menu.Īdd existing text from a file: Get on the Black Pointer Tool then go to the File menu and select Place and choose your text file.

Create a New Textbox: Select the Type Tool from the Toolbox, draw a box on the screen, then type in the box.