Create and Edit Text Fields

Use the Text Field tab to create or edit an existing object to define the font format, style, alignment, and margins of a text object in a view. 

Ways to access

• Click the Insert Text Field icon on the Insert toolbar and click a position for the text in the view. Then select the Text Field tab in the Object Properties pane.

Options

Format

• Font - Select from the drop-down menu a required Font. The indicated fonts are given by the system.

• Font Size - Select from the drop-down menu a required Font Size or enter a numeral manually.

• Font Color - Select from the drop-down menu a required Font Color of the system color pallet.

• Background - Select from the drop-down menu a required Background Color of the system color pallet.

• Border - Select from the drop-down menu a required Border Color of the system color pallet.

• Angle - Enter a required value for a fixed angle of a text field related to the corresponding Activity. The input field 'Angle' turns inactive if the following check box is enabled.

• Apply slope of an Activity - Enable the checkbox to adjust a text field according to the slope of an Activity segment within the Activity.

• Manual size - Enable the check box to set and fix the size of a text field manually.

Margin

Set the margins of a text field corresponding to the Top, Bottom, Left and Right, Border in inches or centimeters.

• Top border - Enter a required value for the top margin.

• Set for all - Press the button to set the first entry (Top Border) for all margins.

• Bottom border - Enter a required value for the bottom margin.

• Left border - Enter a required value for the left margin.

• Right border - Enter a required value for the right margin.

• Percent of the line height - Enter a required value for the line height.

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Further information

Tokens for Activity Annotations