Variations of Text in a Circle
Ó kimlizzy 2006
You are not limited to a single line of text in a circle. By using the "justify" selection you can add multiple lines of text. Some fonts will work better than others. A little experimentation will be needed.
Open a new canvas.
Go to Text/Insert shaped text and select the circle.

Type your text. **Note that you will need to add a space at the end of each line.**

Click on the Alignment button on the toolbar and select "Justify"


To change the placement of the text in the centre circle change the order of the words:

The more text you have per line, the smaller the text will be:

Add a single asterisk (*) to the third line – no space after the asterisk

Experiment with different fonts and replace the * with %, @, & or # to see how they look.
Here are some examples:






Using a single letter/number can produce some accents that could be used for backgrounds:

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