Adobe 23101335 User Guide - Page 268
Formatting characters, Using the Character palette
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258 CHAPTER 9 Using Type To convert type to shapes: Select a type layer, and choose Layer > Type > Convert to Shapes. Formatting characters Photoshop and ImageReady give you precise control over individual characters in type layers, including font, size, color, leading, kerning, tracking, baseline shift, and alignment. You can set type attributes before you enter characters or reset them to change the appearance of selected characters in a type layer. Selecting characters Before you can format individual characters, you must select them. You can select one character, a range of characters, or all characters in a type layer. To select characters: 1 Select the type tool ( ). 2 Select the type layer in the Layers palette, or click in the text flow to automatically select a type layer. 3 Position the insertion point in the text, and do one of the following: • Drag to select one or more characters. • Click in the text and then shift-click to select a range of characters. • Choose Select > All to select all the characters in the layer. • Double-click a word to select it. Triple-click a line to select it. Quadruple-click a paragraph to select it. Quintuple-click anywhere in the text flow to select all characters in a bounding box. • To use the arrow keys to select characters, hold down Shift and press the Right arrow or Left arrow key. To use the arrow keys to select words, hold down Shift+Ctrl (Windows) or Shift+Command (Mac OS) and press the Right arrow or Left arrow key. 4 To select all the characters in a layer without positioning the insertion point in the text flow, select the type layer in the Layers palette, and then double-click the layer's type icon ( ). Note: In Photoshop, selecting and formatting characters in a type layer puts the type tool into edit mode. You must commit the changes before you can perform other operations. (See "About using the type tool (Photoshop)" on page 252.) To show or hide selection highlighting (ImageReady): Do one of the following: • Choose View > Show > Text Selection. • Choose View > Show Extras. This command also shows or hides selection edges, slices, image maps, text bounds, text baseline, and text selection. (See "Working with Extras" on page 77.) Using the Character palette The Character palette provides options for formatting characters. Some formatting options are also provided in the options bar.