Adobe 29180155 User Guide - Page 250

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 245 User Guide Leading menu Sets the space between lines of new or selected text. Color menu Applies a color to new text or selected text. Warp text Warps text on the selected layer. (See "To warp type" on page 248.) Text Orientation Changes vertical text to horizontal and horizontal text to vertical. To specify curly or straight quotes Typographer's quotes, often called curly quotes or smart quotes, blend in with the curves of the font. Typographer's quotes are traditionally used for quotation marks and apostrophes. Straight quotes are traditionally used as abbreviations for feet and inches. 1 Choose Photoshop Elements > Preferences > Type. 2 Under Type Options, select or deselect Use Smart Quotes. To edit type in a type layer After you create a type layer, you can edit the text and apply layer commands to it. You can insert new text, change existing text, and delete text in type layers. If any styles are applied to a type layer, all text inherits the attributes of those styles. You can also change the orientation (either horizontal or vertical) of a type layer. When a type layer is vertical, the type lines flow from top to bottom; when a type layer is horizontal, the type lines flow from left to right. 1 Select the Horizontal Type tool or the Vertical Type tool . When you click in an existing type layer, the type tool changes at the insertion point to match the orientation of the layer. 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: • Click to set the insertion point. • Select one or more characters you want to edit. • Enter text as desired. 4 Commit the type layer by doing one of the following: • Click the Commit button in the options bar . • Click in the image. • Select a different tool in the toolbox. To align text O Using a type tool, select the type layer in the Layers palette, or click in the text flow, and then click any of the following icons: Left Align Aligns the left edge of each text line in the layer to the initial cursor position. Center Aligns the center of each text line in the layer to the initial cursor position. Right Align Aligns the right edge of each text line in the layer to the initial cursor position. Top Align Aligns the top edge of each vertical text line in the layer to the initial cursor position.