HELP with inserting text into an outlined object needed!

[JanCzechGuy]

Hi, I have tried everything including text wrapping but for some reason text wrapping wont work, maybe im doing it wrong but im following the tutorial and it still doesnt work.

well what im doing is that i have an outline of numbers 2, 0, and 5, these numbers are bold and only the outline is visible there is no color fill inside the outline. Now im supposed to insert list of names inside the numbers. Now only way i have been able to insert the text inside is if i used a pen tool to trace the outline of the numbers around the original outline and then i was able to just type inside of it.

Well my first question is: is there anyweay i can just insert text into an already outlined object without having to trace the outline with pen and erase the original?

And my second question is: How do you adjust the text (names of people) once they are inside the numbers so that if necessary the text on a certain line will be stretched or made little bigger so it fits perfectly inside the outline. I have seen it done on illustrator but dont know how to do it. Here is a link to what i mean with the text stretched and increased in size to fit...

http://janczechguy.1hwy.com/Text.JPG

the picture is small but u can kind of see it.

well thanks all the help is appriciated

 

[Matzki]

Once fonts are outlined they become compound paths. You need to release the compound path ( Object > Compound Path > Release) and you should be able to add text inside the numbers. Editing text can be done by opening the Character window (Window > Type > Cahracter).