I am having an extremely difficult time getting the text to path feature to format like I want it. I'm trying to get text to fit into a circle or an ellipse suspended off of the edge, centered, on the bottom. Like this: www.wvofuels.com/UBC/UBC2.png. Notice at the beginning and end of the text how the text diverges from the outer circle. I can get the text there, but to get it to take the same shape as the bottom of the circle is so awkward. Here is what I do:
1. I copy the shape that I want the text to fit to. 2. I then shrink that copied shape using CTRL so that it stays the same shape just smaller. 3. I write the text and make it pretty (right font, color & size), select the text and smaller shape together using shift. 4. Then in the text menu a choose "add to path" (it's not right here in front of me so my labels or text may be off) 5. This puts my text off left justified to the shape, but I want it centered. 6. So I undo out of that and then place a square over the shape to trim it down, but using the Object menu. With an adjusted smaller shape (i.e. the bottom third of the circle) I do steps 3 and 4 again. 7. I iterate until I have the right sized shape so that my text is centered. LAME! 8. I tried to adjust the shape that the text was tied to, but could never get the text centered, not wrapped, and still fitting the shape of the bottom of the circle.
It seems that you ought to be able to center that text on the shape and or choose where that text should reside in/on the shape. I am probably just missing some really simple command. Help out a nOOb! Thanks and great work on this amazing app!