Circle Text - a new easy way

[Mary]

In the latest edition of Creating Keepsakes Magazine (September 2006 page 77) as a computer tip they showed how to do cicle text using Microsoft Word 2000 (or above). Create your text in WordArt - then click on WordArt Shape (I didn't even know that was there before) and choose circle. It will look pretty funny but pull on the sizing boxes to create a circle. Then I selected the whole thing, copied and went to PSE and chose File | New from clipboard and Voila!! I used Aramis text size 10 with four spaces between each phrase.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1EEX6jcm9IUgoad9em7PJC8uF5kU_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1EEX6jcm9IUgoad9em7PJC8uF5kU)

[Netnut]

Mary---
Thanks for the tip.. I just tried it and it works great. I have printed it and will save it for future use.

[msbrad]

There are lots of neat things in addition to the circle that can be done in word art in microsoft word.
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[Tina_B]

Where do I find the word art shape? Do you select the word art that you want and then type , so where is the shape? I have word 2003.
Tina B

[Tina_B]

I found it, I just had to drag out the tool bar for Word art and it was there. Now this will give me something to play with. Thanks for pointing it out.
Tina B

[ken1]

With all due respect, I don't know how good the quality of an import from WORD is when applied in a color managed program. There is no control of the resolution, sort of a clip art type of thing. I prefer to place text on a curve from within Elements when utilized in a picture file.

Here is one way of doing it:

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1GFBjNtj1G3gKw6mvhaToSpP7v2sp1

1. Place text on 2 separate layers
2. Apply warped text tool, arc=100%. (Warped arc dialog can be accessed via options bar, or Layer>type>warp text)
3. Repeat for lower text layer
4. Use move tool to line them up

:):)

[SCRAPPYGIRL]

Great info, just in time for a project I'm doing. However I'm struggling to get the words on the bottom to read from left to right. In other words I'm not looking for a perfect circle of text, but 2 seperate statements. It just does not work using word art. Any suggestions?

[TonyW]

Take a look at post #14 in this thread and download the zipped psd file. That will give you text in a circle running either way - and you can edit the font, text, resize it - just like a regular Elements text layer (which is what it is!)

http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36485&page=2

Tony

[SCRAPPYGIRL]

Tony,
Thanks so much, that's just what I was looking for.