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| 3 | = 5. Working with Text = |
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| 5 | This section of the documentation explains how text works in Sophie books. In this release of Sophie, text editing is limited; in future releases, more functionality will be added. The way text works now is not necessarily the way it will work in the future. |
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| 7 | For now, a text frame is added to a Sophie page by using '''Insert > Text'''. This will insert a new 280 x 210 pixel text frame. |
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| 9 | [[Image(source:/branches/private/danvisel/sophie2-platform/doc/userdoc-images/RELEASE_9/TextFrameWithHalos.png)]] |
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| 11 | You'll note that there's a special halo visible, the '''text halo'': |
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| 13 | [[Image(source:/branches/private/danvisel/sophie2-platform/doc/userdoc-images/RELEASE_9/TextHalo.png)]] |
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| 15 | If you click on this, you can open the '''text HUD''', which looks like this: |
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| 17 | [[Image(source:/branches/private/danvisel/sophie2-platform/doc/userdoc-images/RELEASE_9/TextHUD.png)]] |
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| 19 | Text editing functionality does exist internally in Sophie 2; it's been disabled for this release, and will return shortly. You can download [wiki:Download/Pre-alpha_3 Release 2] if you're interested in seeing Sophie's text-handling abilities in action. |