Positioning Text

[stressball]

Hi,

This is a kind of stupid question, but I have to ask as I am getting quite fustrated. I'm using version 5.5 and I am trying at the moment to create a simple image with a maroon background and white text on top. My problem is that once the text has been written it gets placed on the image for me and I can't work out how to move just the text and not the background as well. Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Sharon

 

[fjp476]

Are you using the move tool? Text is automatically placed on it's own layer so moving it independantly shouldn't be any problem. The only other possibilities are that you've got the two layers linked or have merged layers or flattened the image. Cheers~Frank

 

[viol8ion]

stress

Make sure you go to Window>Show Layers so that you can see your layers.. and select the layer your text is in, then your Move Tool will position the text where you want it.. that is unless you flattened the image to create a JPG or TIF etc.. in which case you will have to recreate the graphic. When in doubt, deny all terms and defnitions.

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[stressball]

Hi, thanks for responding, I was having a bad day! I was linking the layers thinking I was locking them, I have been using another grapic program that worked differently with layers and was getting confused! It's all sorted now, I just need to learn to have patience sometimes!

 

[dellgirl]

Make sure the Autoselect layer box is unchecked