Note: When you hold down the Type tool in the Tools panel, you see the Area Type tool. The Area Type tool converts objects to type areas. It is not necessary to switch to this tool.
Select the Type tool ( ) and move it over the edge of the rectangle shape. The word “path” appears when you are near the edge of the rectangle. The text insertion cursor is in parentheses ( ), indicating that when you click, the cursor will appear inside this shape. Click to insert the cursor.
With the cursor active in the rectangle, choose File > Place and navigate to the Lesson07 folder in the Lessons folder on your hard disk. Select the file yoga_pc.doc, and then click Place. You are placing a native Microsoft Word document, so you will have additional options to set. Note: You may have more or less text appearing in the text area than is shown in the figure. That’s not important, since you will resize the text area later in the lesson.
In the Microsoft Word Options dialog box, ensure that Remove Text Formatting is deselected to keep the Word formatting. Leave the remaining settings as is. Click OK. The text appears in the square.
Transform Yoga Sale! When: December 12th January 12th Where: Our Central Washington location What: All of our yoga gear and classes are 20% off!
Notice the red plus sign that appears in the lower-right corner of the type object. This indicates that the text does not fit in the object. You will fix this in the next section. Note: When you place a Word document and do not select Remove Text Formatting, paragraph styles that were used in Word are brought into Illustrator. Paragraph styles are discussed later.
Working with overflow text and text reflow Each area type object contains an in port m Yoga Sale! and an out port. The ports enable you to link to other objects and create a linked ary 12th copy of the type object. An empty port gton location d classes are 20% off! indicates that all the text is visible and that the object isn’t linked. A red plus sign ( ) in an out port indicates that the object contains additional text, which is called overflow text.
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LESSON 7
Working with Type