Cannot get text to repel

[wizard509]

I was repelling text the other day but now I cannot get the text to repel at all.
I checked the help files and can get it to anchor to a graphic but it will not repel.

I tried it over and over again then with a quick shape star and a different font, thinking maybe that was the problem bit still no soap.
Any ideas?

I also wondered if the text needed to be "Rich Text" but if it does I do not know how to convert it.

[Soquili]

Larry the text must be below the object that is to repel the text. Assign the repel property to the object above the text. Is your text a text area or a text line?

[Rik]

Yes, Bill. It works for me if I have a text box (with text in it) and a shape above and assign the repel property to the shape.
Haven't used it for ages, though!

[wizard509]

Thanks guys, had the text below and made sure the graphic was set to repel text below and it didn't work. Nothing I tried short of re-onstalling seemed to do any good. I couldn't help it wonder if uninstalling some other stuff or something I recently installed broke something in my program.

[Drwyd]

Have you inadvertently set the text to repel also ? This can stop the object from repelling properly.

[wizard509]

Don't think so Drwyd but I'll check. Thanks.

[steve.ledger]

If it happens again Larry, post your xara file for inspection. Sleuthing a file is much faster than guesswork.

[wizard509]

Sure thing Steve. Been gone most of the day but will get to it soon.

[wizard509]

OK here is an example file. Some of the text will repel and some will not.

Repelling text example.xar

[Soquili]

Larry the text you indicate will not repel are single fixed length lines of text, they have no space to allow repelling.

If you place the text within a text area or an extended length line they repel easily. The attached file has been changed so those two individual lines have an extended length to allow repelling.