Pinnacle Systems FXDEKO, User Manual

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FXDeko User’s Guide
Table of Contents
Introduction
Welcome!............................................................................................................................9
How to Use This Manual...............................................................................................10
Other Documents ............................................................................................................10
How to Contact Pinnacle Systems ................................................................................11
Starting Windows NT.....................................................................................................12
Starting FXDeko ..............................................................................................................12
Exiting FXDeko ................................................................................................................12
Exiting Windows NT.......................................................................................................13
Overview of FXDeko
The FXDeko Desktop.....................................................................................................15
About Graphic Files ........................................................................................................15
Program and Preview......................................................................................................16
Creating a Graphic ...........................................................................................................17
Saving a Graphic File ......................................................................................................17
Opening a Graphic File ...................................................................................................20
Keying...............................................................................................................................23
Frame Grabbing................................................................................................................24
Suppressing Motion .......................................................................................................24
Composing Text
Selecting Text ...................................................................................................................26
Selecting a Typeface.......................................................................................................27
Using an International Character Set ...........................................................................28
Bold and Italic ..................................................................................................................29
Underlining Text ..............................................................................................................29
Rotating Text ....................................................................................................................30
Skewing Text ....................................................................................................................30
Small Caps ........................................................................................................................31
Changing Text Case........................................................................................................31
Changing the Text Field Box..........................................................................................32
Scaling Text ......................................................................................................................33
Character Spacing (Kerning).........................................................................................34
Character Width ..............................................................................................................34
Row Spacing (Leading)..................................................................................................35
Cutting and Pasting Text ................................................................................................37
Deleting Text ....................................................................................................................37
Finding and Replacing Text ...........................................................................................38
Moving Text .....................................................................................................................38