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• • March 18, 2011 at 2:58 pm #59003
    Larry Miller

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    My goal is a row of large numbers, such as 1 2 3 4 5. I want to be able to mask off the top or the bottom of each number. Used to be a way to mask in PageMaker. But other than drawing a solid box to hide part of the number, which is klutzy, I don't know how.

    In two books, one by David and Anne-Marie, the word “mask” does not appear in the index. Perhaps I need to look using another term?

    In ID CS 4, how do I do this? I futzed with rectangles and type blocks but found no success.

    Thanks.

  • March 18, 2011 at 3:31 pm #59004
    Theunis De Jong

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    It's easy-to-the-extreme — that is, if you know the trick!

    Draw your frame o' numbers the usual way. Draw an empty container rectangle. Cut number frame. Select empty rectangle. Choose “Paste into”. Now you can move the frame with the text around inside the container rectangle!

    

    Of course you don't need to paste into a rectangle, it can be any other shape. Try this: convert some text to outlines, then make a large frame with the Lorum Ipsem placeholder text in a really small size, and paste that inside your outlined-text-frame.

    (Hey, where did dat button library on the left come from? :D )

  • March 19, 2011 at 1:49 pm #59011
    Larry Miller

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    Great. Worked first time. First time. First time!!! OK.

    Two minor refinements if I may from following your note:

    Choose “Paste into” which is not precisely the same as “Paste,” and which is also command-option-v. Now you can move the frame with the text block (which you must first select using the direct selection tool) around inside the container rectangle.

    Anyway, great.

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