Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual

380 Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual

Adding Type to an

Image

2. Modify any settings you want to change on the Options bar.

See the list in the previous section for a run-down of your choices. You can

make changes after you enter your type, too, so your choices aren’t set in stone

yet. Elements lets your type remain editable until you simplify the layer. (See

page 164 for more about what simplifying a layer means.)

3. Enter your text.

Click in your image where you’d like your text to go and then begin typing. The

Type tools automatically create a new layer for your text. If you’re using the

Horizontal Type tool, the horizontal line you see is the baseline your letters sit

on. If you’re typing vertically, the vertical part of the cursor is the centerline of

your character.

Type the way you would in a word processor, using the Enter key to create a

new line. If you want Elements to wrap your type (adjust it to fit a given space),

drag a text box with the Type tool before you start typing. Otherwise, you need

to make your returns manually. If you create a text box, you can resize it to

adjust the type flow by dragging the handles after you finish typing. This won’t

work anymore after you simplify the layer.

As noted earlier, if you want to use the Vertical Type tool, you can’t make the

columns of type run left to right. If you need multiple vertical columns of

English language text, enter one