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Renee in NE · #1 (**permalink**) 06-22-2006

I am having a strange problem that I have never had before. I have a vector layer with 3 different text boxes. When I save and then reopen the document (saved as psp with the layers all in tact) two of the three text boses have the text all scrunched up into a little "ball" sort of thing. If I go to edit the text, I can do that and the text is still there but it is unreadable on the layout. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Tracey R (Haley64) · #2 (**permalink**) 06-22-2006

hhmm...ok you say you have a vector layer with 3 different text "Boxes"? Do you have text in a vector shaped box? Or do you mean you have entered text on 3 different locations on the 1 vector layer?
Did you create your text as Vector Text? Is your text set to points or pixels? Is it the same font in all three of the text journaling?
I really don't have an answer for you and I don't think I have ever read or heard of this before. Almost like your vector layer is not remembering the text size and postion???
Let us know how it is going...

Godsgal2u · #3 (**permalink**) 06-22-2006

Maybe you could send us a screen shot of what it looks like when you open it so that we can get a better Idea of what's going on. I've never heard of anything like what your describing.
((hugs)) MEchelle

Renee in NE · #4 (**permalink**) 06-22-2006

Let me answer some of your questions. I have one vector layer with text in three different places. The font is the same font on all three places. I don't know what vector text is. I just clicked on the text box and entered my text.

I have uploaded both of these layouts to my gallery. Thanks for all your help. I am thinking if I can't figure this out I will just save it as a tif file and lose my layers. It's not ideal but I am sick of trying to figure this out. If someone wants to play with it, I will gladly email my psp file and see if you can figure it out for me. Thanks again!

Tracey R (Haley64) · #5 (**permalink**) 06-22-2006

Ok...The only way you can make text remain on or part of a vector layer, is to have created vector text to begin with.
PSP has 3 ways in which to make text, with your text tool active you will see a dropdown menu at the top with all the other tool settings and look for the one that says "Create As".
For the most part while working on digital scrapbook you want to work with vector text as when you apply your text you will have the bounding boxes like the deform tool does so you can move and rotate your text without it becoming all icky and pixelated.
The other two settings are Floating and that will become a promoted layer in your palette, this is more like text in a Word Doc. And the other one is Selection which creates just empty marching ants in the shape of what would be your text. This is handy for the times you want to fill in your text with either a pattern or fill.

Ok I looked at your Layout and your text problem.
http://www.scrapbook-bytes.com/galle...72&limit=last1

My guess is that it still is a setting, kerning, leading, tracking...but if it was those you would see that same look right away in your preview....?

The only other thing that changed in PSPX is that they added both the ability to use either Points (like a Word.doc does so your printer will print them correctly) or to use Pixels like a image would have for information for the printer, but then this would be affected by your PPI resolution of your overall image.

10 points = 28 pixels
20 points=56 pixels
and so on. Try it by setting PSPX to points, not pixels, PSP9 is in points. This is all discussed in great detail in the PSP newsgroups from the corel site. I get it but also at the same time I don't!! The only thing I know is that what I see on screen is what I get printed out!! LOL

However with all that said, I still don't think that it would behave in the manner you showed in your test LO!!

I would love to see the original PSPX LO that you have so I could look at the text properties and see what is happening with it!! I will PM you my email and I can accept rather large files.

Renee in NE · #6 (**permalink**) 06-26-2006

I figured it out. Well not really figured it out but corrected it. I changed fonts - decided to use a very common one rather than a free downloaded one. With the change in font the problem corrected itself. I'm not sure why but I am guessing that there was something inherent in this font that made it all screwy. And, don't ask me the font name as I deleted it from my font file so I wouldn't have to mess with it again. Thanks for all your help in this.

Haley - thanks for your offer of help. I tried e-mailing you the file but I think it was too large and my ISP kept bouncing it back to me. Thanks again for your suggestions. Looking forward to getting to know everybody here.

-Renee

Tracey R (Haley64) · #7 (**permalink**) 06-26-2006

Renee, yes that is a good possibility on the font. Maybe they didn't have the kerning (spacing) right for the font. I have never made a font and don't even want to begin to try.
The only other thing that might have made a difference is if you had turned on Auto Kern in PSP to see if that would have fixed it.
A lot of ISP will not send or recieve large files...that's cool and glad that you got part of it figured out anyhow!!