Patent ID: 7712018

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for selecting and formatting warped text, the method comprising: obtaining a text element having a linear orientation in a document of an application; receiving a selection to warp the text element; upon receiving the selection to warp the text element, applying a transform algorithm to the text element to cause a computer processor to transform the linear orientation into a warped orientation; obtaining a text effect selection of the warped orientation of the text element; applying an inverse transform algorithm to the text effect selection of the warped text element, wherein the inverse transform algorithm is an inverse algorithm of the transform algorithm; determining a location of the text effect selection in relation to the text element having the linear orientation based on the application of the inverse transform algorithm; and after determining the location of the text effect selection in relation to the text element having the linear orientation, applying the transform algorithm to a text effect related to the text effect selection to cause a computer processor to display the text effect at the determined location in the warped orientation of the text element.