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To export text:
1
Using a type tool, select the text to export.
2
Choose File > Export.
3
Select the desired file format in the Export File pop-up menu.
4
Enter the name of the new text file in the name box, and click Save (Windows) or Export
(Mac OS).
Displaying overflow text
If a type container is too small, you cannot see all of the text within it. You can adjust the
type container so that all of the text is visible.
To display all text:
Do one of the following:
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Adjust the size of the type container.
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Link the type container to another type container so that the overflow text flows
into the second type container. Create one or more copies of the type container,
if necessary.
Linking type containers
You can link type containers created with the type tool or the area-type tool. When you
link type containers, the text flows from one type container to another to fill in blank areas
in one type container. Thus, the text can fill several different objects, such as several
columns or several irregular shapes.
Type flows from one object to another based on the type container’s stacking order. Type
flows first into the backmost object in the stacking order and continues to the next object
in the stacking order. The most recently created object is frontmost. (See
“Stacking
objects” on page 109
.)
The following options are available when working with linked type containers:
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You can change the order in which type flows by changing the stacking order of type
containers using the Send to Front and Send to Back commands. You can adjust the
stacking order before or after linking type.
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If you are working with type containers and you run out of room in a container, you can
create a copy of the container for overflow type.
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You can also unlink type containers to change their stacking order without affecting the
flow of type. Unlinking does not return the type to its original object and does not
reflow the text. To return it to its original object, you must cut and paste the type. If you
want to delete a single or unlinked type container without deleting the type within it,
copy and paste the text elsewhere, and then delete the container.
To create a linked copy of a type container:
1
If you are not already in Outline view, choose View > Outline.
2
Select the group-selection tool and position the pointer on the type container. Make
sure the baselines aren’t selected.
3
Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the copy of the container to its new
position. Shift-drag to constrain the tool to multiples of 45 degrees.
