I am an Illustrator user trying out Inkscape. I don't seem to be able to find any info on converting type to curves. Is this possible in Inkscape?

Thanks!

Welcome to the forum!
You just do

path>object to path

and it will be converted to paths.

Ah! Perfect! It worked just as I would want.

Thanks for your help!

Cheers,
kgriba

I can't seem to figure out how to make multiple lines when using the path. I want to be able to press enter and start typing on a path parallel to the first path, like in a normal text box. I know I could just copy and paste the path/text box, but that takes too much time and would be annoying to try to adjust line spacing and such accurately and on the fly.

chillychili: whenever using/applying type to curves in Adobe Illustrator, I have neve been able to hit the return button to get a new line of text, so to speak (I'm speaking for CS4), I've always had to copy and paste my new line. To my knowledge, there is no "type to curves within a text box" feature.

That said, I would suspect the same thing applies to Inkscape... but then again I am only starting to become familiar with Inkscape, so you may want to see what more experienced Inkscape users have to say about this.

To the best of my knowledge there is no way to do this automatically, simply because there would be too many problems accomodating all the possible curves that one can put type on. one can easily imagine hitting return and going to the next line for a line that has only a slight curve to it, but what about a 3/4 circle? Where would the next line go? Inside? Outside? One diameter below?

Anyway, you can try the following and see if it works for you. It's the shortest way I can come up with.
When you type one line's worth, hit esc, then s (selector), click on the line of text, ctrl+d, press arrows to move the type to where you want, press t (text tool), ctrl+a, start typing again! If you do it this way, i.e. duplicating the text, not the path, all the lines of text will only have a single control path, and if you change it every line of text will change accordingly.
Not the same as hitting return, but at least you'll know what you're getting