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FXDeko User’s Guide
Table of Contents
Introduction Welcome!............................................................................................................................9
How to Use This Manual...............................................................................................10
Other Documents ............................................................................................................10
How to Contact Pinnacle Systems................................................................................11
Starting Windows NT.....................................................................................................12
Starting FXDeko..............................................................................................................12
Exiting FXDeko................................................................................................................12
Exiting Windows NT.......................................................................................................13

Overview of FXDeko

The FXDeko Desktop.....................................................................................................15
About Graphic Files........................................................................................................15
Program and Preview......................................................................................................16
Creating a Graphic...........................................................................................................17
Saving a Graphic File ......................................................................................................17
Opening a Graphic File ...................................................................................................20
Keying...............................................................................................................................23
Frame Grabbing................................................................................................................24
Suppressing Motion.......................................................................................................24

Composing Text

Selecting Text...................................................................................................................26
Selecting a Typeface.......................................................................................................27
Using an International Character Set...........................................................................28
Bold and Italic..................................................................................................................29
Underlining Text ..............................................................................................................29
Rotating Text....................................................................................................................30
Skewing Text ....................................................................................................................30
Small Caps........................................................................................................................31
Changing Text Case........................................................................................................31
Changing the Text Field Box..........................................................................................32
Scaling Text ......................................................................................................................33
Character Spacing (Kerning).........................................................................................34
Character Width..............................................................................................................34
Row Spacing (Leading)..................................................................................................35
Cutting and Pasting Text................................................................................................37
Deleting Text ....................................................................................................................37
Finding and Replacing Text ...........................................................................................38
Moving Text.....................................................................................................................38