I have a circle and I want the text fitted to the bottom of it, but the right way round so you don't have to stand on your head to read it <G>
I used to do this in a very old version of coreldraw, but blowed if I can see how to do it in X3! Somebody please enlighten me!
Jill
It was easier in older versions of Draw. There may be a more elegant method in X3, but the brute force method is to:
1. Fit text to path.
2. Mirror the text Horizontally and Vertically.
3. Set the Horizontal Offset to push the text to the bottom of the circle.
4. Play with the Distance from Path setting to get the placement right.
-Mark
That's Great! Thank you Mark.
One would thing that upgrades would make things easier, not harder <G>
X3 makes it so easy.
Draw a circle. Select your Artistic Text Tool and move it over the circle's perimeter. The cursor will change to an I beam with a line cutting across it accompanied by the Letter A with a curve next to it. This is your clue it is active. Click and type. Select your Pick Tool and look for the little red diamond at the front of your text. Move the text around the circle, move it in or out from the center point. Use the mirror and text fitting buttons at the top that appear as part of the text to path operation to get letter and word direction correct.
How do I do it in CorelDraw 10? I have done it easily in earlier versions, but I'm stumped on this.
Hi.
Unfortunately, I no longer have version 10 installed, but I'm sure it was very similar. Try selecting the text, choosing "Fit text to path" in the same way, then I recall you are presented with an arrow in order to select your path.
As for getting it placed at the bottom, you'll probably need to look at the icons on the property bar once you've selected the text on the path, and mirror, move, whatever.
I'm sorry that's not a lot of help, but, as I say, I no longer have version 10 to have a look at.
Phil