Help: how with text-blocks?

[A.C.]

Hello everybody,

First I apologize for my bad english. I need really a quick information. I
noticed that -unlike with Photoshop- when I write with Freehand within a
Text-block, it isn't possibile to see trhough it because its background is
white. That is bad, 'cause i need to see immediately where to put the text
on the image under.
I ask you then: it is possible to make transparent the textblock while I
write in it?

thank you

Angelo
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[Bill Schuhle]

That's very odd. I've *never* seen Freehand create a text block with a white
background. They're *always* transparent. How are you creating the text
block? It is possible to give a text block a colored (or white) fill, but
I've never seen that somehow get set as the default and wouldn't know how to
do it if I wanted to. (I'm still using version 8. Maybe in 10 or MX there's
a new "feature" regarding this.)

Bill Schuhle


"A.C." <angelo_@libero.it> wrote in message
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>
> Hello everybody,
>
> First I apologize for my bad english. I need really a quick information. I
> noticed that -unlike with Photoshop- when I write with Freehand within a
> Text-block, it isn't possibile to see trhough it because its background is
> white. That is bad, 'cause i need to see immediately where to put the text
> on the image under.
> I ask you then: it is possible to make transparent the textblock while I
> write in it?
>
> thank you
>
> Angelo
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[A.C.]

"Bill Schuhle" <bschuhle1@aol.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> That's very odd. I've *never* seen Freehand create a text block with a

white

> background. They're *always* transparent. How are you creating the text
> block? It is possible to give a text block a colored (or white) fill, but
> I've never seen that somehow get set as the default and wouldn't know how

to

> do it if I wanted to. (I'm still using version 8. Maybe in 10 or MX

there's

> a new "feature" regarding this.)
>
> Bill Schuhle

Well, maybe it is my mistake, I have the version 10, aniway, and I act like
this:
I open a file .jpeg.
It appears the image.
I select the text tool,
then I click one the image and I keep pressed the button of the mouse to
open a text block as big as I need it.
The text block appears white, and I can't see the image underneath.
While I write the text, it remains white.
I can see through it only when I choose the pointer tool, but in that
modality I can't write, offcourse.

Thanks.

Angelo

[Bill Schuhle]

A.C.,

I just tried the sequence of actions you describe in FH8 on both my Mac and
my PC. On the Mac, the text block is transparent in editing mode. On the PC,
it has a white background as you describe. I'd never noticed the difference
before. I can see where that could be quite the pain-in-the-butt. I'll be
interested to know if any other PC users have found this annoying and
whether they have possibly come up with a workaround.

Bill Schuhle

[Dritalei]

I use FH MX but have FH8-10 also installed. Haven't seen any of this problem.
Even if textblock is behind image, or on a different layer behind, you will
still see a transparent textblock when writing.
You can add a background (any color) but it disappear when converted to paths.

Maybe a background fill is applied to textblocks in your default doc?
Try to delete fill applied to the textblock and save as a new default doc.

Bjorn
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Win XP Pro
3.2Ghz
2Gb RAM
FH8-11.02

[Bill]

This was one disappointment when I migrated from Mac to PC circa FH8 and
it is still the case in FHMX that you cannot see through a text block as
you type. It is much more convenient to set type in FH on a Mac. I have
found no work around for this issue. Each time you make an adjustment, you
must then deselect the text to see the results of that adjustment.


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On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 18:48:13 -0700, Bill Schuhle <bschuhle1@aol.com> wrote:

> A.C.,
>
> I just tried the sequence of actions you describe in FH8 on both my Mac
> and
> my PC. On the Mac, the text block is transparent in editing mode. On the
> PC,
> it has a white background as you describe. I'd never noticed the
> difference
> before. I can see where that could be quite the pain-in-the-butt. I'll be
> interested to know if any other PC users have found this annoying and
> whether they have possibly come up with a workaround.
>
> Bill Schuhle
>
>

[Martin Gamache]

what if you turn your type layer to keyline?

BTW I do not experience this problem in Win 2000 and FH9 or MX. I can see
through my type block over images or other objects while typing!

Could this be a graphic card/driver issue.

mg


"Bill" <bill@JAIL.THE.SPAMMERS.stitchandprint.com> wrote in message
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> This was one disappointment when I migrated from Mac to PC circa FH8 and
> it is still the case in FHMX that you cannot see through a text block as
> you type. It is much more convenient to set type in FH on a Mac. I have
> found no work around for this issue. Each time you make an adjustment, you
> must then deselect the text to see the results of that adjustment.
>
>
> --
> Bill
> FHMX/Win98/Athlon2500+/512M
> On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 18:48:13 -0700, Bill Schuhle <bschuhle1@aol.com> wrote:
>

> > A.C.,
> >
> > I just tried the sequence of actions you describe in FH8 on both my Mac
> > and
> > my PC. On the Mac, the text block is transparent in editing mode. On the
> > PC,
> > it has a white background as you describe. I'd never noticed the
> > difference
> > before. I can see where that could be quite the pain-in-the-butt. I'll

be

> > interested to know if any other PC users have found this annoying and
> > whether they have possibly come up with a workaround.
> >
> > Bill Schuhle
> >
> >

>

[Rich Hudgins]

Under preferences check the "Smoother Editing" option. This is under
FH9 it may be different in later versions.

Rich

A.C. wrote:

> Hello everybody,
>
> First I apologize for my bad english. I need really a quick information. I
> noticed that -unlike with Photoshop- when I write with Freehand within a
> Text-block, it isn't possibile to see trhough it because its background is
> white. That is bad, 'cause i need to see immediately where to put the text
> on the image under.
> I ask you then: it is possible to make transparent the textblock while I
> write in it?
>
> thank you
>
> Angelo
> --
>
>
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[A.C.]

Thanks. I'll try now.

Angelo

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"Rich Hudgins" <rich@nospam-weiss-associates.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> Under preferences check the "Smoother Editing" option. This is under
> FH9 it may be different in later versions.
>
> Rich
>
> A.C. wrote:

> > Hello everybody,
> >
> > First I apologize for my bad english. I need really a quick information.

I

> > noticed that -unlike with Photoshop- when I write with Freehand within a
> > Text-block, it isn't possibile to see trhough it because its background

is

> > white. That is bad, 'cause i need to see immediately where to put the

text

> > on the image under.
> > I ask you then: it is possible to make transparent the textblock while I
> > write in it?
> >
> > thank you
> >
> > Angelo
> > --
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > "Are you still wasting your time with spam?...
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> >
> >
> >

[A.C.]

"Rich Hudgins" <rich@nospam-weiss-associates.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> Under preferences check the "Smoother Editing" option. This is under
> FH9 it may be different in later versions.
>
> Rich

It works! Brilliant suggestion. Thank you very much.
:)

Angelo