Changing the Text Color
You can change text color using the Colors window, the color well in the Text HUD, or
the color well in the Style pane of the Text Inspector.
Note: To adjust individual color channels, you must use the Style pane of the Text
Inspector.
To set the text color in the HUD
1
Select the text with the Select/Transform tool.
2
If the HUD is not displayed, press F7 (or D).
3
Click the color well, then use the Colors window to set the text color.
Note: There are many ways to choose a color using the Color parameter. For a complete
list, see step 4 in the next section, which describes choosing a color in the Inspector.
The text is dynamically updated as you select a color.
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Note: To select a color from the Canvas (or anything on the desktop), click the color picker
in the Colors window, position the picker over the color you want to select, then click.
Color picker
To set the text color in the Inspector
1
Select the text.
2
Open the Style pane of the Text Inspector.
3
In the “Fill with” pop-up menu, ensure that Color is selected.
4
Do one of the following:
• Click the color well, then use the Colors window to set the text color.
Color well
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• Click the downward arrow to the right of the color well (or Control-click the color well),
then click in the pop-up color palette to select a color. Drag in the lower palette to set
the color to a grayscale color.
New color
Click here to select
a grayscale color.
Original color
• Click the eyedropper tool to the right of the Color well, then click a color in the Canvas.
• In the Inspector, click the Color disclosure triangle to show the color channel parameters,
and then use the sliders or value sliders to adjust each color channel.
Disclosure triangle
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