Box Behind Text

Is there a way to type text and at the same time create a fill box around the text? Like here on the left?

Are you trying to semi-automate the construction of dimension labels? If so, you might take a look at this thread:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/1272218#1272218
The workaround described uses a Paragraph Style and a Graphic Style in conjunction with a Javascript. It does not create the text object perpendicular to the arrows. That can be accomplished by direct-selecting the text object, doubleClicking the Rotate tool and keying in 90 degrees. (Or, one could modify the script to compute the angle of the arrow line and rotate the text object so that it is always oriented vertically.)
This was done in 2007. I'm not sure if the later very poor attempt at improving Illustrator's utterly lame Arrowheads feature broke compatibility with this script, but I have some vague recollection of testing it. Can't do right now, because I don't have CS5 installed on this laptop.
JET

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Strange white boxes behind text. Help!

I am in the middle of working on a very important document. In one section, an autobiographical section, I added sidbars. The background of text box is grey. Everything looked great, including when I printed last. Today when I was working on the document, I noticed that the headings (in the text box sidebars) have white behind the text. I tried troubleshooting:
I thought maybe there was a font trouble? tried changing fonts.
I thought maybe it was text box fill problem? changed colors of font and text box fill... No go.
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I just started using a new version of Illustrator and the text I am creating has a pink box behind, looks to be about the depth of the normal linespace, it is not visible in outline view, only in preview. What is it and how do I get rid of it?

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Hi Larry. I see. It is a file I have worked on previously, and the font is Myriad which I though came with the system. I just changed to Myriad Pro and the pink box disappeared. Thanks for the assistance, I know a new thing!

I want to highlight various words in a pages document with a yellow or black box behind the text

I want to use a highlighter in Pages. I know how to do it in steps.. but would like a shortcut to highlight various words throughout the document with a yellow or black box behind the text.. help

I got another idea. Create a style with the text and background colour you want. You can apply a short cut for that style. Beware that the styles is only for that particular document but you can import styles or you can use Save as Template and keep it as a template.

InDesign CS4 - saving as PDF, text has faint boxes behind each letter.

I can't figure out why when I save or export my document as a PDF the text doesn't show correctly. What happens is the letters have small boxes behind each one and some of the letters are just outlines.
I checked and the font I'm using has been installed correctly in the system.
Attached is an image showing the problem. It shows up in the smaller text, not the large bold text.
Any ideas how to fix this??
Thanks
This is the document with the text problems:
This is what is should look like:

Finally found the troublemaker!!! You were right. I deleted all links, and it exported the PDF just fine. I went back and tried deleting single links at a time and found the one that, when deleted, everything else exported to PDF just fine. I opened that JPEG in Photoshop and cropped it to the exact size I needed, since I hadn't done this before, resaved under a new name, put it back in my InDesign file and everything just exported beautifully.
HUUUUGE sigh of relief over here. THANK YOU!
And next time I will bypass the wasted morning of pulling out hair and running in circles, and just come straight here.

Yellow boxes behind all caps text

I had a Quark 6 Mac file converted to ID CS3 Win using Q2ID and when I opened it I replaced the fonts with our own, however wherever the text had the all caps feature used in Quark (I guess) there are yellow boxes behind the letters. I can get rid of them only by selected the text and clicking off the All caps (TT button).
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You have highlight substituted glyphs enabled in your composition
preferences.
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Best practice for transparent box (shadow) behind text

From time to time I have to font / subtitle over a bright background. When a simple drop shadow or outline on the text doesn't work, I put a soft box behind the font.
What are some of the methods you use? Easy / quick.
I've experimented with:
shape masks (and, then, lowering the video level in color correction)
a shape generator with lower opacity and softened or feathered edges
(I come from the old-school where, on a G-valley switcher, we'd just generate a shape behind the text, "soft-blur" the edges, and crack the fader bar to bring down opacity.)
What method(s) would you suggest in FCPX?

well, for frequent use, I would quickly built me my own title-generator in Motion5, custom-made exactly for my needs/design wishes.
or, use e.g. this free one from Mastermind Alex4d
http://blog.alex4d.com/2011/07/06/fcpx-effect-alex4d-text-box/

Anchored objects behind text

Is there a way to make an anchored box sit behind text? I have a section title with section numbers. I would like to place a piece of art behind all the section numbers. The box always comes out on top. I can create a new paragraph style with autonumbering for the section into it, place it over the art, group it, and then anchor it. The only problem is, now the section numbers won't show up in the running head. Any ideas? I'm using CS3. I used to be able to do this in FrameMaker. Thanks.

Can't be done with anchored objects - sorry.
But you can convert your text to a table - and that can put a background in there.
OR
Use Paragraph Rules to highlight a line of text or a pargraph of text
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Unaligning background behind text

I put a background behind my headline text, but when i preview, the background jumps about 4 rows away from the text, whats going on
I had initially applied character style before dropping the coloured box behind.

You can do all of this in FCE -
• Place your jpeg photo (just the photo, no text) in your sequence.
• Place a text generator clip (Boris Title 3D, Lower Third, etc.) on the next higher video track, above the photo. (If your photo is on V2, put the text clip above it on V3 ...)
• You can then modify/adjust the picture and the text independently.
Note: you may need to add a track - just drag your clip into the grey area above the existing video tracks and a new track will be added; or Control-click in the grey area above the existing video tracks and then click Add Track.

Selecting Graphics Behind Text

Hello,
I’m using Pages ’08 and working with a neat, layered, grouped graphic. There are three layers: a dark background graphic, a lighter middle graphic, and white text in a text box on top. All three use the exact same dimensions and are stacked one on top of the other for a total of three layers, grouped. None of the layers cause wrap.
I’d like to select one of the graphics to edit the color and find that I cannot do it without ungrouping the items, moving the text layer out of the way, applying the new color, putting the text layer back in place, and then regrouping everything. It seems like unnecessary steps. It seems as if I should be able to use a modifier key and do a series of clicks to activate the layer that I want, much like when I used QuarkXPress and InDesign. Is there a similar key stroke in Pages?
The user’s manual says “To select a floating object that’s behind text, place the pointer outside the text area, press the Command key, and then drag across the page until the object’s selection handles appear.” That doesn’t solve my concern, though.
I've attached a sample of what my graphic looks like. It would be great if there were key strokes to use. If not I'll have to go back to each instance of the graphic and make changes to each one.
Please let me know if you have an idea of how to make this work.
Thanks,
Scott

Pages does not have any modifier keys to click down through layers like other DTP software.
Unlocking and staggering the layers is the only way. There is an averaging command that does however let you centre them back on top of each other.
Peter
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Rays behind text?

Hi,
my first question is, is there an effect that comes with AE to create rays behind text? Any tutorials links?
second question: how can I make a search limited to this After Effects forum?

Thanks Szalam, these effects seem to be exactly what I need and I'm going to play with them right away.
Your search link is also exactly a search capabilities that I was looking for. I can't find a link from this form page to it, how is one supposed to find it without asking around?
Dave, thanks I'll keep in mind the effects from Trapcode if i can't do it with the built in effects.
Regarding the search fields on the page of this forum they have never worked for me. I can't see the words "Search for an answer..." in any box. This is a screenshot of how I see this forum page with two empty search boxes. The search results show results from all kinds of forums. On the search result there is an option to limit the search to a forum but when I typed After Effects and searched for the word "Rays" it showed 0 result and the forum in the search options field is displayed as "After Effects (Japan)"

Weird grey boxes behind type areas

Okay this one's got me scratching my head...
Quark Xpress 7.31 exporting a page containing a news story, several photos and a few ads: Intel dual core PowerMac Tower with 2GB RAM running 10.4.11 and CS3.
We export the page as a .ps file from Quark Xpress using the "Export Layout as PDF" function and fire the file into a Distiller 8 watch folder. Distiller spits out a PDF in the usual way BUT... now all of a sudden we're seeing square 30% grey boxes behind all of the type areas on the page.
The grey areas are precisely rendered to match the text box locations in the Quark Xpress layout, and look as thought the Acrobat 8 application is generating them - almost as though it's a form of markup. It also resembles the effect you get if you took a standard PDF with embedded type and swept a test area with the text editing tool; the area you swept would highlight in light grey... which looks like the effect on-screen - only it's permanently active and cannot be disabled.
If we open the same 'erroneous' PDF on another Mac in our department running the same OS version and Acrobat 8 it looks the same with grey boxes. If we open the same PDF on a Mac running the same OS version and Acrobat 6, it looks fine with no grey boxes at all.
In all instances, the grey boxes do not print if we send them to a proofer or the RIP. It appears to be a display issue only. But it's mighty worrisome come press time... I've also run permission fixes, Onyx, Applejack, etc. to no avail.
Anyone? Could it be prefs related?

What colour space / tint / values are you getting inside the output
preview inside of Acrobat when you click inside these grey boxes?
Jon

Where has the black background box behind attachments come from?

Suddenly I have a black box behind any attachments. It is like a text box. It has not been there before!
If I choose to print to a pdf attachment in an eMail the attachment id superimposed on a black text box with an 'X' in the corner, click the 'x' the lot disappears. But if you turn the attachment into an icon and highlight it then erase it, left behind is a black text box into which any new typed message appears.
How do I get rid of this, any suggestions well received.
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I get this when sending invoices from Market Circle's Billings.
One workaround I have found that works is once the file and a new message is open in mail, create a new message then drag and drop the attachment over then create your message in the new mail.
I agree though - need a permanent fix soon.

Images Behind Text in RTF Template

While creating a few rtf templates, I noticed that if an image is to be shown behind text then the image will not render to back to .rtf by bi pub.
If I put the image inline with text, it renders just fine.
Am I missing a step that would allow me to render the image behind text or is it just working as intended?
Oracle BI Publisher 10.1.3.4.1
Thank you.
Edited by: Crawler409 on Dec 17, 2010 2:49 PM
Edited by: Crawler409 on Dec 17, 2010 2:50 PM

Hi
Can you pl. send me the RTF template and sample XML. I will try to fix the template.
Thx
chundi ([email protected])

I am pulling my hair out! I am using adobe indesign and just want to make a text box 'autofit text' as I change fonts a lot and want the font to automatically re-size as I change it. help help help please - I have latest version of indesign - thanks

I am pulling my hair out! I am using adobe indesign and just want to make a text box 'autofit text' as I change fonts a lot and want the font to automatically re-size as I change it.
Is it not possible to create a text box, fill it with dynamic (data driven) text, but make the font size either scale up or down automatically, so that the entire text box is filled? This is a feature in PrintShop Mail Pro called COPY FIT. but no such feature in Indesign??
help help help please - I have latest version of indesign - thanks, DJ

lol... it seems to work, but I have another huge problem!
Apparently .CSV files cannot contain page breaks in the data! The data I am trying to merge is a 'letter', with paragraphs, line breaks, etc.,
But, after data merging, it ignores page breaks and only merges the first paragraph of each letter. (sigh)
Solution? Hopefully, an EASY solution. lol as we have thousands of records.
Is there a third party indesign plugin that will allow .xml, or .xls data merge import??
Thx,
DJ

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