button in the Property
Manager to open the Text Editor.You can access the Text Editor by creating new
text or by editing
existing text. To open the Text Editor
with existing text, double-click on the text object in the Object
Manager or the button in the Property
Manager to open the Text Editor.
Text and Font properties are linked with the Text Editor. Changes in one will be represented in the other. This does not include alignment options. Changing the alignment in the Font Properties changes the alignment with respect to the reference point, or the point that was clicked to create the text. Editing the text alignment in the Text Editor aligns the text within the text box.
Type or edit text in the Text Editor.
Select a typeface from the list in the upper left corner of the dialog.
Set the size (in points) of the typeface in the box to the right of the typeface list.
Click the colored button to the right of the size box to display the color palette and change the color for the highlighted text.
Several styles (including bold, italic, underline, and strikethrough) can be applied to the text. Note that some typefaces, such as Symbol, do not support bold or italicized text.
When working with superscripts and subscripts, you can
type the character, highlight it, and then click the superscript or subscript
buttons. Alternatively, you can also click the 
button
or 
button and then type the characters.
Click the button or
button a second time to return to the normal size font and placement.
If the default superscript or subscript placement is
not sufficient, you can highlight the text and enter a number in the box
adjacent to the subscript box to raise or lower text from the midpoint
of the existing line. Click the 
button
to reset the highlighted character's position to the default unsuperscripted
or unsubscripted position.
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You can click in any field in a template and use the boxes below Sub Position to modify the position of the field in a template. The values are offsets from the main character's zero position and are in pixels. How far each value moves the template field is determined in part by the font size. Positive values move the field to the right and up. The Sub Position values are only available when editing text in a template field. |
Text can be edited using the following tools:
You can cut 
,
copy
, or paste
selected text, or paste objects from the clipboard into the Text Editor.
Click the 
button to open the Symbol Properties dialog and add
a symbol to the text block.
Click the 
button to open the Date/Time Format Builder dialog
and enter the date or time. The information entered in this dialog
will automatically update every time the MapViewer
project is redrawn.
Click 
to open the Template
Library dialog and enter equations based on a template.
You can undo 
and redo
actions.
You can left justify 
, right justify
, or center 
the text in the bounding box. These options only make a difference
with multiple lines of text.
You can magnify text in the Text Editor by entering a new number in the Zoom box. By default, the text is zoomed to a reasonable level.
You can adjust the opacity of the selected text by entering a new number in the Opacity box. Enter a value between zero (no opacity, full transparency) and 100% (full opacity, no transparency).
Use the Property Manager Font page to edit the Background color and Background opacity.
A reference point is the point clicked on in the plot window after clicking the Draw | Shape | Text command. The text box is horizontally and vertically aligned relative to the reference point. The default position is that the reference point is at the upper left corner of the bounding box (left, top).
To edit the alignment for text that already exists, change the Horizontal alignment and Vertical alignment options in the Property Manager on the Font page.
To make the Text Editor larger or smaller, click and drag on the lower left corner of the dialog. When the dialog is the desired size, release the mouse button.
Click the OK button to save your changes and close the Text Editor. Click the Cancel button to exit the Text Editor without saving your changes.
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