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Splitting Text Areas

A
or
can be split into a
containing text areas each consisting of a single character. For example, in Figure 8.42(a) there is a single text area containing the seven characters that make up the word "Rainbow". This text area was then converted into a group of seven text areas using Transform->Split Text. The group was then ungrouped (see Figure 8.42(b)) and each text area was then given a different text colour resulting in the image shown in Figure 8.42(c).

Note that if you split a text-path, you will lose the underlying path.

(a)
(b)
(c)
Figure 8.42: Splitting a text area: (a) original text area; (b) split and ungroup; (c) apply separate colours to each of the new text areas.

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