Adding text in Print module

LR3.2 on Win7 64-bit
I wanted to add two lines of text under a photo placed in a template that starts with no text. I followed steps for this exact task in Kelby's book on LR3 (p.340) and it *seemed* LR3 was acting differently than demonstrated/described there. Perhaps something anticipated during development did not make it to the RTM versions...
I turned on Identity Plate with a checkbox in the Page module but found I could not add anything on a second line. I had controls for size, font, and color. Size changes chosen in the drop down made no difference to the previewed text size, but I could resize the text box using handles. I could not force the cursor any further into the line in the characters box than those characters seen in the window offered in the control, therefore everything had to be typed into a choice of very small font size - to be resized later.
So I never got that second line.
Is there a better way to do this without going over to Photoshop?
jonathan7007

Thanks, Sean. This isn't the only place I've seen a difference and I wonder if anyone has ever seen a list of those differences. I wasted some time trying this again and again. Kelby usually points out the divergent UI elements. I bet he didn't know.
No combination (that made any sense) created a second line in my Win7 version, and the inability to format the whole string by cursor highlighting control was a real problem. Looks like the graphic identity plate is the only way to go.
I will ask a separate question/discussion about the other difference I want to investigate.
jonathan7007

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