# Inkscape: Move text along a path

From the Inskcape Manual: [http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Text-Path.html](http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Text-Path.html): use ALT and the arrow keys.

Using the XML Editor

1. In Inkscape, open the XML Editor <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>X</kbd>.
2. In the XML Editor, find the `<svg:text>`. (You can click the text in Inkscape to jump to it in the XML Editor.)
3. Select the `<svg:textPath>` child of the `<svg:text>`.
4. On the right side of the XML Editor in the box next to the *Set* button, enter `startOffset`. Below it, enter the value you want to move along the path.
5. Click *Set*.