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styles, first add some text to your image, and then click the Commit button (the green
checkmark) below the text. Elements switches you over to the Move tool, so you need to
click the type tool again to switch back to it so you can add a style.
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If it drives you nuts to have the Move tool popping up all the time, go to
Edit→Preferences→General/Photoshop Elements Editor→Preferences→General,
and turn off “Select Move Tool after committing text.”
Next, click the Style button and choose a layer style from the Styles panel. It's important
that the text layer is active, but the letters shouldn't be highlighted. (If you still see the
Cancel and Commit buttons, Elements won't apply the style, so click the green check-
mark to commit the text first.) If you want to remove a style that you've just applied,
click the four-line square in the panel's upper-right corner and choose Remove Style, or
go to Layer→Layer Style→Clear Layer Style.
Orientation . This button, which has a T with a down-pointing arrow next to it, changes
text from horizontal to vertical, or vice versa. (You can't change the orientation of text
that doesn't exist yet, so this setting is grayed out until you add some.) You can also
change text's orientation by going to Layer→Type→Horizontal or Vertical.
Warp . The little T-above-a-curved-line icon hides a bunch of options for distorting text
in lots of interesting ways. There's more about this option on Warping Text . (The Warp
Text command is also available from Layer→Type→Warp Text.) This button is grayed
out until you actually type something.
Anti-aliasing . This setting smooths the edges of the text, and you'll usually want it
turned on. See Anti-Aliasing: Smoothing Text for an explanation of anti-aliasing.
These final two controls don't show up until you've typed something, and they appear in
your image rather than the Tool Options area:
Commit . Click this green checkmark after you type some text to tell Elements that, yes,
you want the text to stay the way it is.
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