i dont have that box i use too, but i just hit text letters and make a big box then type what i want. i had it in gimp in the beginning.
On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 8:00 AM <gimp-user-list-requ...@gnome.org> wrote: > Send gimp-user-list mailing list submissions to > gimp-user-list@gnome.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > gimp-user-list-requ...@gnome.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > gimp-user-list-ow...@gnome.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of gimp-user-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Gimp Help (Stella) > 2. Re: Gimp Help (Liam R E Quin) > 3. Re: Gimp Help (Marco Ciampa) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2020 20:31:02 -0400 > From: Stella <stellaowen...@gmail.com> > To: "gimp-user-list@gnome.org" <gimp-user-list@gnome.org>, Stella > <stellaowen...@gmail.com> > Subject: [Gimp-user] Gimp Help > Message-ID: <5edd86c6.1c69fb81.e1fe3.6...@mx.google.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello, > I have the free version of Gimp. I have Windows 10. I have placed a photo > in Gimp. I would now like to add words. I am doing an obituary. I printed > the ?Adding text to with Gimp?. I selected the Text tool. I then clicked > where I want the Text to appear. I then started to add my text within the > box. There was suppose to be a text editor that pops up but this does > happen for me. What am I doing wrong. Please if someone could tell me STEP > BY STEP how to get text next to the picture I have within Gimp? > > Thank you so much, > Stella Owen > stellaowen...@gmail.com > My phone number with answering machine: 317-535-9134 > I?m in Indiana U.S.A > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2020 21:19:51 -0400 > From: Liam R E Quin <l...@holoweb.net> > To: Stella <stellaowen...@gmail.com>, "gimp-user-list@gnome.org" > <gimp-user-list@gnome.org> > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp Help > Message-ID: > <32dfde8a69f2d4257b00a550e2b4a6cd392b53c7.ca...@holoweb.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > On Sun, 2020-06-07 at 20:31 -0400, Stella via gimp-user-list wrote: > > Hello, > > I have the free version of Gimp. > > They are all free :-) > > > > There was suppose to be a text editor that pops up but this does > > happen for me. What am I doing wrong. > > These days the text appears right on the image an you can edit it > there. If you like, in Tool Options when the text tool is active you > can click the little box, "Use text editor" to get a separate window. > > liam > > > -- > Liam Quin - https://www.fromoldbooks.org/ > > Full-time slave in voluntary servitude > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2020 13:00:38 +0200 > From: Marco Ciampa <ciam...@posteo.net> > To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp Help > Message-ID: <20200608110038.GA15793@marco-N24-25JU> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 08:31:02PM -0400, Stella via gimp-user-list wrote: > > Hello, > > I have the free version of Gimp. > > There are no commercial versions that I know of... > > > I have Windows 10. I have placed a > > photo in Gimp. I would now like to add words. I am doing an obituary. I > > printed the ?Adding text to with Gimp?. I selected the Text tool. I then > > clicked where I want the Text to appear. I then started to add my text > > within the box. There was suppose to be a text editor that pops up but > > this does happen for me. What am I doing wrong. Please if someone could > > tell me STEP BY STEP how to get text next to the picture I have within > > Gimp? > > Did you read the docs? They usually are very exaustive: > > https://docs.gimp.org/2.10/en/gimp-image-text-management.html > > -- > > Saluton, > Marco Ciampa > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > gimp-user-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > > > ------------------------------ > > End of gimp-user-list Digest, Vol 105, Issue 2 > ********************************************** > _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
