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Re: Wrap text WITHIN a graphic: How?

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From: Greg Feldman-Hill
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 16:32
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jtc1@cornell.edu (John T. Chapman) writes:
: In article <1992Dec11.210137.26612@oclc.org> Greg Feldman-Hill,
: glf@oclc.org writes:
: >I have (or have access to) SuperPaint (newest version), MS Word 4.x,
: >or PageMaker 3.x (yup, 3 not 4).  If anyone has any ideas on how to do
: >this, OR, if anyone knows of a software package
: >(free/share/commercial) that can just do what we need, I'd appreciate
: >the info.
: 
: Canvas 3.0 does wrapping of text within an object, along with slanted 
: text margins and binding text to a curve/polygon. I'm pretty sure 
: Illustrator and Freehand also have these features.
: 
: I _think_ Pagemaker 4.x will also allow you to do this (confirmation, 
: someone?), but don't have the manual handy at the moment.
: 
: Good luck,
: 
: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
:   John T. Chapman                                     jtc1@cornell.edu
:   Office of Computing and Statistical Consulting
:   Cornell University - College of Human Ecology
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: "Truth is after all a moving target/Hairs to split, and pieces that don't 
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:                                              - N. Peart, Turn The Page
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Thanks everyone for the help.  I see that it's time to spend some
money on some proper design tools.

Can someone please confirm that PageMaker 4.x can wrap text INSIDE a
graphics object?  If so, this would be best for me.

Thanks again!

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