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Requirement

This tutorial was written for Fireworks CS4 and higher

Tutorial

To wrap a text around an object, you have first to create the shape for the text. In our example, we are wrapping text around a circle.
Draw a circle, 177x177 px in diameter and a rectangle 277x160 px which will be the container for the text. See Figure 1.

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Figure 1: a circle and a rectangle

Make sure the circle is on top the rectangle. Select them both then go to Modify > Combine Paths > Punch and punch. See Figure 2.

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Figure 2: Slideshow

Add some text. Select both the text and the shape and go to Text > Attach In Path. And your text is now in your shape. See Figure 3.

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Figure 3: Slideshow

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Figure 4: Slideshow

Other Shapes

Shapes you can use to contain text.

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Figure 5: 4 Files and the pictures

Limitation(s)

The text must be contained in a closed shape and it does not work with Auto Shapes unless you ungroup them.

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