Type layers

Hi there,
i've a new problem. i've typed a huge amount of text on a landscape background and made a spelling mistake(after checking it visually grrrrrrr).this is how i did it.i dont know if i've done this correctly but here goes, opened the graphic image. then flattened image in order to create bounding box. typed all text within confines of bounding box(which encompasses whole document). merged layers then printed. I tried to edit it and found i couldn't. more grrr's. how do i make it possible to correct one word without re-typing the whole document please. and could anyone give me pointers as how to do the aforementioned task correctly please. in laymans terms....
many thanks
Nigel

nigelpreston wrote:i've typed a huge amount of text on a landscape background and made a spelling mistake(after checking it visually grrrrrrr).this is how i did it.i dont know if i've done this correctly but here goes, opened the graphic image. then flattened image in order to create bounding box. typed all text within confines of bounding box(which encompasses whole document). merged layers then printed. I tried to edit it and found i couldn't. more grrr's. how do i make it possible to correct one word without re-typing the whole document please. and could anyone give me pointers as how to do the aforementioned task correctly please. in laymans terms....
If you flattened the image or merged the layers, the text is no longer editable. It is always wise to keep a text layer live for that reason and to make a separate version for print. (Or to keep the text backed up as a text document.)
The way to do the job correctly is in InDesign which is meant for setting large blocks of text whereas Photoshop definitely isn't.

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"End" key moves cursor to the end of the line it's in.
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Want to FORCE Photoshop to create a new Type Layer, even though you're seeing the plain I-Bar cursor?
Hold the SHIFT key, then either click, or click-n-drag out a paragraph text box.
Info assembled & provided by phosphor.digital.network. Please note that this is a first draft and is not meant to be complete. There may also be some mistakes. Relax...if you point 'em out, I'll fix 'em.

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