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To create a text rectangle using the
type tool:
1
Select the type tool . The pointer
changes to an I-beam within a
dotted box.
2
Drag diagonally to define the text
rectangle.
When you release the mouse button, the
pointer reverts to an I-beam. (In Artwork
view, a rectangle appears with an in
sertion point at the top left corner of
the text rectangle.)
3
Enter the type. Notice that the type
wraps to fit inside the defined area.
4
Press Return to begin a new
paragraph.