Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp 2.8.2, wheezy install

[Akkana Peck <akkana shallowsky com>]

Gene Heskett writes:
> Greetings everybody;
>
> I just went to add some text to some pix I just shot to be followed by 
> moving the edited copies to my web page.
>
> But I opened the first one in gimp, clicked on the A to get the text 
> entry box, and no box appears.

Are you clicking on the canvas after clicking on the A? The A just
makes the text tool active; you have to click in the canvas to
create a new text layer (and set its initial position).

        ...Akkana