[Hom74]

Hmmm...that's funny..you mean the template didn't come w/that text box?? That's odd.

Which PS do you use? PS7? PSCS2? CS2 definitely has paths...I think PS7 has trouble w/that kind of stuff.

In CS2, here's my roundabout way that I would do it (off the top of my head, PS not open):

--Create a new layer (for some reason I always name it Journaling lol)
--Use your rectangle marquee tool and click and drag out a rectangular box.
--Use my paintbucket tool and fill that selection.
--Use my rectangle marquee tool again and click and drag out a rectangular box of where I want to cut out of that rectangle I just created.
--Ctrl+X (to cut that selection out)

--Select that shape (Ctrl + click on the thumbnail preview of that shape in the layers pallette)
--Go to the Paths Tab
--Click on "Make work path out of selection" (says something like that) icon near the bottom of the pallete....you can hover your mouse over the icons to find the right one.
--Select my text tool
--Click INSIDE the shape and start typing away.


And when you talked about huge spaces between words and letters...that's what happens when the text is set to justify (lined up on both the right and left sides). It tries to evenly space out everything that will fit in the row. It looks like in your LO that you have it to left-aligned that's why there aren't big spaces in between words.