Text Changes to a Document

[frizzylee]

I have a page of text that I created in Photoshop Elements 19 and saved as both .psd and as a .jpg.    Now I find I cannot make any changes to this in order to add a photo without typing the whole thing over.  I thought this might be a problem with PSE19 so I went to a lot of work to uninstall and then reinstall it.   I'd been having a lot of problems off and on with the T  (Text) tool.    But it made no difference at all.  If I am to get the page the way I want it I will have to redo the whole thing.

Anyone else having this problem?

Pat

[Tpgettys]

Hi Pat,
You should be able to change the text in your PSD file. When you load it, do you see the text layer you created earlier?

[pontiac1940]

Not sure about 2019, but presume it is the same as other versions. 

Tom is correct and you should be able to edit the text or copy the text to a word processor for editing, etc. 

However, if somewhere in your PSE editing, you "simplified" the text layer then it is no longer editable.

Some discussion here on PSE 10 about simplifying a text layer and problems if that is done.  

If creating long texts, it is a good idea to wrote them in Word (or ?) and save them in case you need them again. 

Good luck

Clive
   

[Sepiana]

Dec 22, 2020 2:20:22 GMT frizzylee said:

I have a page of text that I created in Photoshop Elements 19 and saved as both .psd and as a .jpg.    Now I find I cannot make any changes to this in order to add a photo without typing the whole thing over.

Pat,

I may be going down the wrong track but what you describe looks like a case of text which has been simplified.

The text you create in Elements is a vector text, i.e., each character consists of lines and curves instead of pixels. When Elements simplifies your text, it converts it to pixels. This means that . . .

1. You can no longer edit your text.
2. If you try to enlarge your text, it will display jagged edges.
3. You cannot go back and revert the process.

Will you please check your layer stack? Text which has not been simplified will display a "T" in the thumbnail; text which has been simplified will display the text in the thumbnail.

[fotofrank]

Pat,

If you text layer has a large T on it, it is a text layer and can be edited. If it does not it has been simplified and it can not be edited. I would not use elements for any large amount of text. I would create it in a word processor and copy and paste into elements as Clive stated. Save the text in a word process will always make it available to edit at a later date.



Having used elements on a MAC for years I have never had an issue with the text tool.

[Sepiana]

Dec 22, 2020 6:48:11 GMT fotofrank said:

Pat,

I would not use elements for any large amount of text. I would create it in a word processor and copy and paste into elements as Clive stated. Save the text in a word process will always make it available to edit at a later date.

Pat, 

Neither would I; I am on the same wavelength as Frank and Clive. If you need more information on this technique, you may want to check . . .

Copying/Pasting Text into Elements

[cats4jan]

Even though this info is in the link Sepiana provided about copy/paste, it bears repeating here.

You need a text box before pasting.

Grab the text tool to draw your box

You draw out a text box much like you use the marquee tool


Copy your text from your source
go over to your PSE document, draw out a text box and paste your text.

To paste, I use Control/Command V but you can also use Edit> Paste

The info in the thread above suggests setting your text tool's parameters before pasting and I highly recommend that.  

Text boxes are very versatile.  Realize you can move your text box, resize it, etc.

[BuckSkin]

And don't forget to set the margin align choice before pasting; of course, you can change it after the fact as well.

[frizzylee]

WOW!!!! Many. many thanks for all this information. I wish I had asked this a long time ago. I suspected there was something connected with simplifying but I just had no understanding of it. As always, I get my best information from Photoshop Elements & More.

I am printing out this whole thread to both study and to refer to when doing my next Text use.

I will post back here after I have a chance to digest all this information and to try it out, which won't be long because I am using the Text Tool almost daily now.

My appreciation to each and every one of you for posting.

Pat

[Sepiana]

frizzylee, you are most welcome! Please, post back if you have any further questions.

And here is some more information.  Hope it helps!

Text and the Simplifying Process
Copying Text into Photoshop Elements with the Type Tool

And a little tip . . .

Save your text file with a duplicate text layer -- one not simplified and the other one simplified. In this way, your text file will do double duty. Your layer stack will look like the one in fotofrank 's screenshot.

Dec 22, 2020 6:48:11 GMT fotofrank said: