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<title>Paint.NET Help - Text Tool</title>
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<body>
<div id="banner">
<img border="0" src="../images/logo.png" width="229" height="73" align="left"><p><b><br>
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</div>
<div id="leftnav">
<ul class="toc" style="margin-left: 0; padding-left: 0;">
<li><a href="index.html">Overview</a><br>
</li>
<li><a href="Features.html">Features</a><br>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>User Interface</h3>
<ul class="toc" style="margin-left: 0; padding-left: 0;">
<li><a href="KeyboardMouseCommands.html">Keyboard & Mouse Commands</a></li>
<li><a href="MainWindow.html">Main Window</a></li>
<li><a href="MenuBar.html">Menu Bar</a>
<ul class="toc">
<li><a href="File.html">File</a></li>
<li><a href="Edit.html">Edit</a></li>
<li><a href="View.html">View</a></li>
<li><a href="Image.html">Image</a></li>
<li><a href="Layers.html">Layers</a>
<ul class="toc">
<li class="comment"><a href="RotateZoom.html">Rotate / Zoom</a></li>
<li><a href="Adjustments.html">Adjustments</a>
<ul class="toc">
<li><a href="Levels.html">Levels</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="Effects.html">Effects</a></li>
<li><a href="Tools.html">Tools</a></li>
<li><a href="Window.html">Window</a></li>
<li><a href="Help.html">Help</a></li>
<li><a href="Toolbar.html">Toolbar</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="ToolsWindow.html">Tools Window</a><ul class="toc">
<li><a href="SelectionTools.html">Selection Tools</a></li>
<li><a href="MoveTools.html">Move Tools</a><br>
<a href="MagicWand.html">Magic Wand</a><br>
<a href="Paintbrush.html">Paintbrush</a></li>
<li><a href="EraserTool.html">Eraser Tool</a></li>
<li><a href="PixelTools.html">Pixel Tools</a></li>
<li><a href="ShapeTools.html">Shape Tools</a></li>
<li><a href="LineCurve.html">Line / Curve Tool</a></li>
<li><a href="TextTool.html">Text Tool</a></li>
<li><a href="PaintBucket.html">Paint Bucket</a></li>
<li><a href="CloneStamp.html">Clone Stamp</a></li>
<li><a href="RecolorTool.html">Recolor Tool</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="HistoryWindow.html">History Window</a></li>
<li><a href="LayersWindow.html">Layers Window</a></li>
<li><a href="ColorsWindow.html">Colors Window</a></li>
<li><a href="StatusBar.html">Status Bar</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<h3>Other</h3>
<ul class="toc" style="margin-left: 0; padding-left: 0;">
<li><a href="FAQ.html">FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)</a></li>
<li><a href="UnattendedInstallation.html">Unattended Installation</a></li>
<li><a href="SystemRequirements.html">System Requirements</a></li>
<li><a href="WebLinks.html">Web Links</a></li>
<li><a href="License.html">License</a></li>
</ul>
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<div id="content">
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<h2>Text Tool</h2>
<p>This tool allows you to type text on to the current layer. While this
tool is selected, you may click on the canvas to place the text cursor.
While this cursor is blinking you may type to insert text. The
<a href="Toolbar.html#TextControls">Text Controls in the Toolbar</a> can be
used to change what font is used, the size of the fond, formatting, and
justification.</p>
<p><b>Note: </b>If you wish to have anti-aliased text, you must have
Windows' anti-aliasing setting enabled. You may do this by going to the
Display Properties control panel, clicking on the Appearance tab, clicking
on the Effects button, and then enabling "Use the following method to smooth
edges of screen fonts." (These instructions are written for Windows XP or
Windows Server 2003, but should be similar if you are using Windows 2000.)</p>
<ul>
<li class="nobullet"><img border="1" src="Images/TextTool_using.png"></li>
</ul>
<p>While you are typing, you may notice the presence of a control located
below and to the right of the blinking text cursor. This control is a square
with four arrows inside of it, and it pulsates slowly in order to
distinguish it from the image that you are working on. This is called the <i>
nub, </i>and may be used to move the text before you have finished with it.
If you click and drag the nub, the text will move along with it.</p>
<p>If you hold down the Ctrl key, the nub and cursor will not be visible
until you release the Ctrl key. This is useful if you need to preview
exactly how the text will appear without the distractions of the cursor and
the nub.</p>
<p>If you tap the Ctrl key, the nub will disappear. If you tap the Ctrl key
again, it will come back.</p>
<p>While typing, you may press the Esc key to finish the text and render it
to the layer. Once you have finished with text, it may not be modified
except by undoing it and retyping the text. To be precise, after the text is
rendered it no longer exists in the image as text, but only as pixels and
that is why this limitation exists.</p>
<p>You may control the color of the text by setting the primary color in the
<a href="ColorsWindow.html">Colors Window</a>. The text will also use the
current file style, and antialiasing and alpha blending settings.</p>
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<font color="#808080" size="1">Copyright <font face="Times New Roman">⌐ 2005 </font>Rick Brewster, Chris Crosetto, Tom
Jackson, Michael Kelsey, Brandon Ortiz, Craig Taylor, Chris Trevino, and Luke Walker. Portions Copyright
<font face="Times New Roman">⌐ 2005 </font>Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.</font><font size="1"> <br>
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