How do I color text in Illustrator?

Change the color of text by selecting the text, clicking the fill color in the Properties panel to the right of the document, and choosing a color.

How do I fill a textbox with color in Illustrator?

Choose the Direct Selection Tool (white arrow) from the Toolbox. Click and release once on a corner handle of the text box itself – the Options Bar should change from Type (as shown in the screen shot above) to Anchor Point. Change the stroke and fill as described in the Working With Color section.

How do I shape a text box in Illustrator?

Select a text object with the Selection tool (V) and in the Appearance palette (Window>Appearance), choose Add New Fill from the flyout menu. Then go to the Effect menu and choose Convert to Shape>Rectangle. In the dialog, in the Relative section, enter how much larger than the text you want the rectangle.

How do you outline a text box in Illustrator?

How to Outline Text Using Adobe Illustrator:

1. Unlock all text layers.
2. Select all of the text (Mac: Cmd+A) (PC: Ctrl+A)
3. From the “Type” menu, select “Create Outlines” (Mac: Shift+Cmd+O) (PC: Shift+Ctl+O)
4. From the “File” Menu, select “Save As” and save your file as a new document.

How do I remove the outline of a text box in Illustrator?

Remove a border around a picture, text box, or other object

1. Right-click on the picture or other object and choose Format .
2. On the Colors and Lines tab, click Color and select No Outline.

How do you make text into a shape?

To convert text into a shape, right-click on the text layer, and choose “Convert To Shape”. Then select the Direct Selection tool (the white arrow tool) by pressing Shift A and click-and-drag the points in the path to give the characters a new shape.