A newbie question re:Text manipulation.

I have acces to 'CorelDraw Graphics suite 12' & 'PaintShop Pro X'. I have 
created a logo and would appreciate your help with two things.

1/ I know how to 'wrap' text around an object, in this example, a circle 
within a circle with text running around inside the two. The problem I have 
is that although I am very happy with the text at the top of the circle, as 
it runs around clockwise, it obviously becomes upside down and back to 
front, so to speak. How would it be possible to have at the top of the 
circles the text reading from left to right, and the text at the *bottom* of 
the circle reading from left to right, the right way up also? Is there any 
facility for shaping text around an object/layer/vector apart from wrapping 
clockwise?

2/Which of the programs I have access to would be the best to use for the 
above?

If anyone could help, or suggest a link or even help me do it, I'd be 
extremely grateful and would hapilly give you a small mention on my websidte 
for helping.

Hope to hear from you.

DrJ. 

Hey, DrJ,

There may be ways to do this in PaintShop or PhotoPaint, the later included 
with CorelDRAW Graphics Suite as you know, but I would recommend using DRAW 
for this and then converting to PhotoPaint to finalize the bitmap version.

In DRAW, you have your text and circle on a page.  If the text has not yet 
been fitted to the path of the circle, select the text and then select on 
the menu bar:

Text => Fit Text to Path

A block arrow icon replaces the selection arrow.  With this, point to the 
circle (or other shape) to which you wish to fit the text.

Now, the text is fitted to the shape, but the manipulation options for 
fitted text may not yet be visible in the toolbar.  If this be the case, you 
can either grab the text path anchor (a small red diamond) and move the text 
or click of the text entirely and then reselect it.  The fitting options 
should now appear.

Fitting options that will be of particular interest to you are the Vertical 
Placement options and the Place-On-the-Other-Side Button at the right end of 
the options toolbar.  Use these in conjunction with each other to orient the 
bottom text the way you want it.  The top text, by default, will probably 
not require as much manipulation.  I am assuming that your text is fitted to 
the inner circle, of course.

No need to give me attribution on your website.  This is not a patented 
method.

Best regards,
Andrew


"DrJ" <unholyenterprises@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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>
> I have acces to 'CorelDraw Graphics suite 12' & 'PaintShop Pro X'. I
have 
> created a logo and would appreciate your help with two things.
>
> 1/ I know how to 'wrap' text around an object, in this example, a circle 
> within a circle with text running around inside the two. The problem I 
> have is that although I am very happy with the text at the top of the 
> circle, as it runs around clockwise, it obviously becomes upside down and 
> back to front, so to speak. How would it be possible to have at the top of

> the circles the text reading from left to right, and the text at the 
> *bottom* of the circle reading from left to right, the right way up also? 
> Is there any facility for shaping text around an object/layer/vector apart

> from wrapping clockwise?
>
> 2/Which of the programs I have access to would be the best to use for the 
> above?
>
> If anyone could help, or suggest a link or even help me do it, I'd be 
> extremely grateful and would hapilly give you a small mention on my 
> websidte for helping.
>
> Hope to hear from you.
>
> DrJ.
>
>