MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 8, Use Manual

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Converting text to paths
You can convert text to paths and then edit the shapes of the letters as you would any vector
object. All vector-editing tools are available after you convert text to paths. However, you can
no longer edit it as text.
To convert selected text to paths:
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Select Text > Convert to Paths.
Text converted to paths retains all of its visual attributes, but you can edit it only as paths.
You can edit the converted text as a group or edit the converted characters individually.
To edit converted text character paths individually, do one of the following:
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Select the converted text with the Subselection tool.
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Select the converted text and select Modify > Ungroup.
You can edit the individual converted character paths using the vector-editing tools. For
more information on editing paths, see
“Editing paths” on page 132 .
You can create a composite path from a text object that was created by converting text to
paths.
To create a composite path from a path group that was created by converting
text to paths:
1. Select the path group.
2.
Select Modify > Ungroup.
3. Select Modify > Combine Paths > Join.
Importing text
You can copy text from a source document and paste into the current Fireworks document, or
you can drag it from the source to the current document. You can also open or import an
entire text file in Fireworks.
Fireworks can import RTF (rich text format) and ASCII (plain text) formats.