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It can be done with live text.
When you add a new fill in the Appearance panel, the default is black.
You need to click on the black to change it to a gradient.
Top: standard black text, Middle: no fill, Bottom: gradient fill added in the Appearance panel.
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Yes you can.
Give the text a fill and stroke of none.
Go to the Appearance panel and add a new fill and use a gradient for this fill.
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i did it but it turns to black, not to the gradient
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It can be done with live text.
When you add a new fill in the Appearance panel, the default is black.
You need to click on the black to change it to a gradient.
Top: standard black text, Middle: no fill, Bottom: gradient fill added in the Appearance panel.
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What the OP may be missing is that one has to select the entire text object, as opposed to selecting the text inside it,
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Yes, I hope the picture explains this.
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You used the Text tool to select the text.
Use the Selection arrow tool (V) to click on the text object.
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still not working
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Oh I had to click there
Thank you Ton Frederiks!
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Good to hear you got it working!
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only when it's outlined it works. not on the plain text
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(it is possible in InDesign)
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It can be done in Illustrator, if you follow the directions that Ton Frederiks gave you in the post above.