... if you use a bitmap fill in the text but then decide to move the text. Hold down the minus button on the number pad and when you move the text with the mouse cursor (not the cursor keys) the bitmap fill will stay in the same place. Also works for resizing the text.
Actually you don't need to hold the minus button down, you can just click on it whilst you have the left mouse button held down on the object and before you let go of it/finish dragging etc and this will have the same effect.
Finally, to match text with a bitmap background automatically - also keep it as text. Import the bitmap (but don't resize it). Type the text and use arrange -- alignment to centre the text to the bitmap. Go into the bitmap gallery and select the bitmap then click on fill. The text should then match the bitmap background, add shadow or other effect etc. You can then move the text using the minus button as above.
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Su
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