Threading, wrapping, styles, and the one-way trip into outlines
Grab your Guided Notes (FDD 5.4) and a pencil.
GET READY
Today's Word Bank
Every word below appears on your notes sheet. Watch closely, some get used more than once.
Create Outlines
Paragraph Styles
Threading Text
Wrapping Text
How today works: we'll look at one blank at a time. Study the example, make your best guess, then we'll reveal the answer together. Fill in your notes as we go, don't skip ahead!
1GUIDED NOTES
How do you link two text areas together?
Click the red "+" overflow icon, then click another shape to link the two areas, text now flows continuously between them. What's this called?
GUIDED NOTES #1
THREADING TEXT
Links two separate shapes so overflow text continues into the next one.
2GUIDED NOTES
How do you flow type around an object?
Object > Text Wrap > Make forces type to flow around another object's contour instead of running behind it. What's this called?
GUIDED NOTES #2
WRAPPING TEXT
Type respects the shape of another object instead of ignoring it.
3GUIDED NOTES
How do you apply the same formatting everywhere at once?
Save a formatting combination once, apply it everywhere, update every instance at once by editing the style. What's this feature called?
GUIDED NOTES #3
CHARACTER & PARAGRAPH STYLES
One edit to the style updates every instance that uses it, huge for consistency.
4GUIDED NOTES
How do you convert live text into paths?
Type > ______ ______ (Shift+Cmd/Ctrl+O) converts live text into vector paths. No longer editable as text!
GUIDED NOTES #4
CREATE OUTLINES
A one-way trip, irreversible without undo. Only do this once text is truly final.
NOW DISCUSS
Turn & Talk
Fix-This-File: the provided file has an overflow icon and un-outlined logo text. Fix the overflow by threading, then convert only the logo text to outlines.
Think → Pair → Share · 2 minutes · Write your answer on the Discuss line on your guided notes