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Animating Text on a Motion Path
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Saving and Loading Styles
Defining Styles
Styles
are sets of text attributes and specifications that can be replicated
when you need to use the same format again. You create and modify
styles, and save and load them from the file browser using the Styles
menu. The following character attributes are saved with the style:
font, colour, outline, shadow, blur, scaling, rotation and shear.
In addition, the layer's background colour and opacity are saved
as well.
To access the Styles
menu, click the Styles button in the Text menu.
To define a style:
- Select a character with the attributes
you want to save.
You can select multiple
characters, but it is the first one that defines the style.
- From the Style Option box, select Define
Style and then click the style button to which you want to assign
the style.
- Click Name and enter a name for the style.
Then click the style button to which you want the name to apply.
The new name appears
on the button.
NoteYou can use Ctrl+Shift and F1 to F9 to
assign text attributes to Style buttons 1 through 9 from any menu.
To modify a style:
- Select the character with the attributes
you want to save.
- From the Style Option box, select Define
Style and then click the style button to which you want to assign
the style.
NoteYou can use Ctrl+Shift and F1 to F9 to
assign a style to Style buttons 1 through 9 from any menu.
To clear a style:
- From the Style Option box, select Clear
Style and then click a style button.
NoteIt is sometimes convenient
to clear all styles just prior to using AutoStyle to save multiple
styles automatically. AutoStyle assigns up to nine style buttons
at once. See
Saving Multiple Styles Automatically.
To apply a style:
- Select a paragraph or string of characters
to which you want to apply a style.
- Press Ctrl+F1 to F9, or press the style button, to
apply the style to the selected text.