Serif drawPlus 4.0 Tutorial

After downloading the free software from www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/DrawPlus/



1. open DrawPlus 4.0; a Startup Wizard prompts you to make a selection. Click Create A Drawing and follow the prompts to craeate a new document.

2. In your new doc, click the button marked A on the left toolbar, and click the spot on your page where you'd like the text to appear. (your text can be moved later.)

3.Type a line of journaling that will appear in your wave of text.

4. Highlight your journaling, and select the font size you'd like from the toolbar on the right.

5. Click on Tools>Curve Text Wizard on the menu bar.

6. Complete the guided steps through the Wizard, and choose the curve you'd like to use for your text. Click Next and then Finish.

7. Now your text will be curved. If you'd like to adjust the curve, click on the Node Tool button along the left-hand toolbar.

8. Using the triangular-shaped pointer, adjust the curve of your text exactly the way you'd like.