Is there such a feature as "word art" or some Apple version in Pages??

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Is there such a feature as "word art" or some Apple version in Pages??

I don't know what this feature would be called in word either - but I used it to insert a word (such as "Draft" or "Pending Data" to splash accross a page in a random way (so that it would catch my attention - ei - not in just bolded on a line or some such) somewhere on the page near to where my data was missing.

Sometimes I also added an area to the area to show what was missing or needed etc.

The feature allowed you to choose all kinds of sizes and shapes, but I usually just picked the gently arcing one that is easy to read, yet still quite noticeable.

I have tried looking in the Insert menu, in the "Inspector" menu, in the Help menu, but likely because I don't know what this feature is called in Pages, I don't know what the look for.

Macbook 2.4 Ghz 13 inch, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Sep 23, 2008 9:29 AM

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KOENIG Yvan

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Sep 23, 2008 9:39 AM in response to twokiwi

No such a feature in Pages.

You may look at
"Comic Life"
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/imaging_3d/comiclife.html

"Art Text"
www.belightsoft.com/arttext/

Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE mardi 23 septembre 2008 18:38:35)

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Sep 23, 2008 10:11 AM in response to KOENIG Yvan

Thank you for advising,and informing me about two possible alternatives. The "Art Text" would be more what I am looking for.

too bad it would mean more $$$$ for me to shell out for one small (but admittedly, very desired) feature. I'll have to do without.

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KOENIG Yvan

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Sep 23, 2008 11:51 AM in response to twokiwi

Thanks for the feedback.

Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE mardi 23 septembre 2008 20:51:18)

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Tulse

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Sep 23, 2008 12:07 PM in response to twokiwi

First, a solid tip: You can put a text box on a page, type text into it, rotate however you want, and even reduce its opacity so that it is ghosted on the page. This approach is a good way to indicated drafts (you can even put the text on the page master so that it appears on all pages).

Second, an unsolicited aesthetic opinion: The typical use of "Word Art" produces skewed, arced, gradiented abominations, and extremely unprofessional-looking results. I actually consider the lack of that "capability" in iWork to be a feature, not a bug. (Your mileage may vary, of course.)

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KOENIG Yvan

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Sep 23, 2008 12:12 PM in response to Tulse

Tulse wrote:
First, a solid tip: You can put a text box on a page, type text into it, rotate however you want, and even reduce its opacity so that it is ghosted on the page. This approach is a good way to indicated drafts (you can even put the text on the page master so that it appears on all pages).

The OP clearly wrote that it is not interested by this kind of "enhancements"

Second, an unsolicited aesthetic opinion: The typical use of "Word Art" produces skewed, arced, gradiented abominations, and extremely unprofessional-looking results. I actually consider the lack of that "capability" in iWork to be a feature, not a bug.

I agree with this advice but the OP is free to use what we feel as "bad taste enhancements".

Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE mardi 23 septembre 2008 21:12:32)

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Tulse

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Sep 23, 2008 12:25 PM in response to KOENIG Yvan

KOENIG Yvan wrote:
The OP clearly wrote that it is not interested by this kind of "enhancements"

twokiwi said the goal was "to splash accross a page in a random way (so that it would catch my attention - ei - not in just bolded on a line or some such)". Pages can indeed plop arbitrarily rotated text anywhere on a page behind or in front of the main text. It can't arc or distort words like WordArt, but I wasn't clear that such was a requirement. (If it is, obviously the approach I suggested won't be sufficient.)

I agree with this advice but the OP is free to use what we feel as "bad taste enhancements".

Absolutely -- everyone has their own notion of what is tasteful.

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Sep 23, 2008 2:23 PM in response to Tulse

I agree with you Tulse.

I can not think of one effect in WordArt that actually enhances the readability, aesthetics or printability of the text.

The coloring, shadowing and glow provided by the text palette is more than adequate for most designs. If you need to arch the text or shape it any other way you really need an Illustrator style program to give enough control to do it properly.

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