HowToFlow

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How to Flow text into a shape in 0.41 in a few easy steps...

1. Create the shape you want to flow text in, and select it (you can have multiple shapes selected if you want) upload:flow1.jpg

2. Right click over the selection, and select "flow text into shape" upload:flow2.jpg

3. Open the xml editor (ctrl+x) and look for the svg:flowroot element (highlighted below)

upload:flow3.jpg

4. Expand the flowroot, expand the flowDiv beneath it, and the flowPara within that.

upload:flow4.jpg

5. Select the text in the para, and edit away!