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Any text can be transformed into an outline. Once the text is in outline format
you can then rotate, resize or reshape it. This is useful if you want to change text
or individual letters as if they were graphic objects.

In this example, the letter A was typed into a Word Processing frame within the
Graphics environment (1). The A was then transformed into an outline (2), and
rotated and resized (3). In the fourth example, the outline (2) was reshaped to
create a different sort of A (4).
- Select the Word Processing frame that has the text you wish to outline. The frame
is selected if it has "handles" around it. If the frame is active, you
cannot create outlines. In that case, click somewhere else on the workspace and then
click once on the frame to select it.
You can also create a new Word Processing frame and then enter the text for outlining.
To do this, either select the frame from the frame tool , or select Insert
Frame from the Frame menu. Enter the text into the blank
Word Processing frame, click somewhere else on the workspace, and then click once on the
frame to select it.
- Once the Word Processing frame is selected, go to the Arrange menu and
select Create Outlines.
- All the text in the frame is transformed into an outline. Each letter can then be
moved, resized, rotated
and reshaped as you like.

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