Converting text to shapes

You can convert text into shapes. This gives you greater flexibility in changing the appearance of the characters. Each character becomes a separate shape and all the characters in each line are grouped. The lines are then grouped together to form an outer group. To edit individual characters inside the resulting group, you can Ungroup it twice or use select inside. For more details see Selecting objects in objects.

To convert text to shapes

1. Select the text (see Selecting text).

2. From the Arrange menu, choose Convert to Editable Shapes.

Make sure the text is correct before you convert to shapes. After converting, you cannot use the Text Tool to change characters, for example to correct a spelling mistake.

Tips

To convert the text quickly, right-click on the text to open the pop-up menu and choose Convert to Editable Shapes.

To print text to a PostScript printer that does not have the necessary fonts, you can force the program to treat the text as shapes when it is printed. To do this, right-click on the text object and choose Print Text As Shapes. See Printing text.