Can I change the text on Filigree Fusion or Fantasy Floral?

These were the first two CDs I created and at the time, the option wasn't available in Adobe to change text the way I wanted.

I included a few greetings on the disk, and there is a way you can copy and paste them into another program, but there is no way that you can just edit the text like you can in the newer CDs.

The workaround is using the Snapshot tool. Go to the layout where you want to copy something from. Immediately above the image is the Adobe toolbar, where you should see a button with a little camera on it, that is your Snapshot tool.

(If you can't see it, right click on the Adobe toolbar and you should get options to add extra items to your toolbar. Scroll down through the list (you might have an option that says more tools) until you find the Snapshot tool and tick the box to turn it on.)

Click on the Snapshot tool, then drag your mouse over the area you want to copy. Let go and the screen will flash and a message will tell you that your selection has been saved to the clipboard.

You can now go to another program (Word, Photoshop, etc) and 'paste' the thing you have just copied. Most programs have the paste option under the Edit menu, but the simplest way to paste is to press CONTROL plus V on your keyboard.

If you are using Word, after you have pasted your selection, you can place a Text Box over the top of the existing text. To do that, click the Insert menu, then select Text Box. Your cursor changes shape and if you click and drag, you get a box appearing on screen. Let go and you will see the outline of your box. Don't worry if it's not quite right, you can change the size with the little square "handles" around the edge and you can click the shaded area around the edge of the box to pick it up and drag it around to get it positioned just right.

Make sure you have the Drawing toolbar turned on (Click on the View menu at the top of the screen, select Toolbars, then make sure there is a tick next to Drawing). This toolbar lets you change the settings of the Text Box you have just created.

Click on the edge of the text box so you have the grey shading showing around the edge. From the toolbar, click on the Fill Colour button (looks like a paint bucket) and select white. This will fill the box with white and hide the original text underneath. Next click the Line Colour button to choose the border colour. Select none. TIP - HOVER OVER A BUTTON FOR A SECOND AND IT WILL SHOW YOU ITS NAME.

Now you are ready to type your own text. Click inside the text box and type away. You can choose to centre your text, change colour and choose your own font.

Using the snapshot tool like this allows you to select areas from any of the pages on the CD and copy them to another program. Some people find this a more economical way to use the disk, though the quality of the image is reduced.