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Thanks Keith, when a get a niggle, I itch and scratch it away.

I had tried Text Inside a line converted to a shape and that is a no-go.

Acorn

Thank you Gary,
Acorn

I assumed text and curve needed to remain editable.

Acorn

Iggy, I use a couple of standard Xara tricks:

Slice Shapes
Repel Text Under
Text Area with centred Text


Create a Rectangle.
Draw your curve across it.
Slice Shapes