Adobe Fireworks CS3 Manuale Utente
ADOBE FIREWORKS CS3
User Guide
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Setting text orientation
A text block can be oriented horizontally or vertically. By default, text is oriented horizontally.
Horizontal and vertical orientation
Text can also flow right to left or left to right.
Text flowing right to left and left to right
In Fireworks, you set horizontal and vertical orientation as well as the direction of text flow in the Property
inspector. These settings apply to entire text blocks only.
inspector. These settings apply to entire text blocks only.
To set the orientation of a selected text block:
1
Click the Text Orientation button in the Property inspector.
2
Select an orientation option from the pop-up menu:
Horizontal Left to Right
is the default setting for text in Fireworks for most languages. It orients text horizontally
and displays characters from left to right.
Horizontal Right to Left
orients text horizontally and displays characters from right to left. It is useful for displaying
text in languages where text flows from right to left, such as Hebrew or Arabic.
Vertical Left to Right
orients text vertically. If you apply this to lines of text separated by hard or soft returns, each
line of text is displayed as a column. The columns flow from left to right.
Vertical Right to Left
orients text vertically. Multiple lines of text separated by returns are displayed as columns that
flow from right to left. This option is useful for displaying text in languages such as Japanese in which text flows
from right to left in columns.
from right to left in columns.
Note: Vertical text characters always flow from top to bottom. Choosing one of the Vertical orientation options affects
only the order of text columns, not the order of text characters.
only the order of text columns, not the order of text characters.
Setting text alignment
Alignment determines the position of a paragraph of text relative to the edges of its text block. In horizontal
alignment, text is aligned relative to the left and right edges of a text block. In vertical alignment, text is aligned
relative to the top and bottom edges of a text block. For more information on setting horizontal or vertical text
orientation, see “Setting text orientation” on page 116.
alignment, text is aligned relative to the left and right edges of a text block. In vertical alignment, text is aligned
relative to the top and bottom edges of a text block. For more information on setting horizontal or vertical text
orientation, see “Setting text orientation” on page 116.
You can align horizontal text to the left or right edges of the text block, center it, or fully justify it, so that text aligns
to both the left and right edges. By default, horizontal text is left-aligned.
to both the left and right edges. By default, horizontal text is left-aligned.