Paragraph Text X5

Help please it's driving me crazy

How do you get paragraph text to work.

I have checked various web dites and followed what seem to be very simple instructions but it doesn't work for me.

One said use the text tool and drag out a box to give a text frame. It doesn't drag a box.

ANother said use the rectangle tool and then place the text cursor - which shows a small box wit AB in it - in the frame and it becomes a text frame. My cursor shows a curve and a T and wraps text round the object.

All I want to do is create some simple wrapped text blocks on a sales leaflet.

Help before I go crazy.

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  • Using the text tool is the usual way, but possibly "drag out a box" needs a more detailed explanation.

    • left-click on the text tool in the toolbox, and release the mouse. Or, press F8. 
    • left-click wherever you want the top left corner of the text frame to be, and hold the mouse down
    • drag the mouse to wherever you want the bottom right corner of the text frame to be, and release the mouse

    You should now have a text frame, with a text cursor (usually at the top left) and an option in the toolbar to set various types of horizontal alignment.

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