Changing text dimensions/proportions

Hi
I'm new to Live Type so forgive me if this is a daft question. I'm currently working my way through the excellent tutorials on the Live Type Central website and as yet, haven't found what I'm looking for.
Is there a way in Live Type to be able to select a whole text (word) and 'squash' or elongate the word – something similar to the Adobe Premiere Elements ‘Titles ‘ editing function where you can select the whole word and use the mouse to change the dimensions and proportions of the text. Also like an MS ‘word art’ function I guess.
Also while I am on, can anybody recommend the best place to get additional templates, Live fonts etc. I see that Live Type Central offer expansion packs but they seem a bit pricy if you opt for a few packs.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Craig

Regarding the single word. If you drag your mouse over all the letters to select it you can alter its size with the Scale slider in the Text tab of the Inspector.
You may be able to alter the aspect ratio of the letters with the x and y parameter sliders in the Attributes tab.
The x and y sliders are locked together so to use one independently click the lock icon to the right to unlock them.
You may also find that the letters move too closely so you can readjust that with the Tracking slider.
Message was edited by: Ian R. Brown

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