text in a spiral

[Acorn]

No idea why the text is missing the curve.

Perhaps rather than Convert to Shape, you could simply Ungroup.
It works for me.

Acorn

[Christine Farrelly]

yes ungroup seems to work ok.

[Acorn]

Good to know.

So the question is, should a Smart Spiral not be able to handle embedded text without making it dumb?

Acorn

[Christine Farrelly]

I think it could have been just a glitch on my PC as it works now with either ungroup or convert to shape. would be nice to have on the adjustable spiral though.

[stygg2003]

Don't know if this is any help.

Stygg

[charliescoffee]

Many thanks to all, I converted the spiral to an editable shape and the text flowed perfectly, I didn't have a problem with it not following the line properly. The only glitch is that I was originally thinking of having the text begin at the outer spiral end rather than at the center, it fit better in the overall piece, but this is something I can work around easily and it isn't going to be a problem for what I have to do. In the end, I don't want the spiral line, just the text, but it was simple to remove the line and the text stayed where it was supposed to be. I haven't done the complete text yet, I'm still composing, but it looks like I have a solution that I can work with. As always, the folks at TalkGraphics are GREAT!!

[Christine Farrelly]

You could try reversing the line - with the line selected use the line tool and the reverse button is on the InfoBar.

[Chris M]

The only glitch is that I was originally thinking of having the text begin at the outer spiral end rather than at the center

Also try selecting the text and use the Left/Right/Centre/Justify options.

[Initiostar]

Easiest way I found is to use the smart handles to change the shape and ungroup to get a line; you have lots of line choices then, brush strokes, freehand line changes, text to left, centre or right justified.

Gary

[Jonopen]

If you need an alternative way of creating a spiral (linear or exponential) Dmitry Malutin's SPX Spiral Generator is still available to download from the Xara Xone archive page: http://site.xaraxone.com/html/shareware.html



I don't think you can drag an drop directly into XDP anymore but you can easily drag and drop to the Windows desktop then drag the eps file into Xara.