ReportWorks | Tools | Text
Use the Text menu option or toolbar button to insert a single line of text on an existing ReportWorks page. You can adjust the font type and size, color, and fill pattern/color. See Block Text for multi-line text blocks.
- Text: Click on the Text tab to type in the text to be placed on the page. This text is limited to a single line that will not wrap within the defined space, such as text you might use for diagram titles.
- Font: Click on the Font tab to select the font type, style, color, effects, and angle.
- Outline Options: Click on the Outline tab in the Options window to access these settings:
- Style: Click in this drop-down box to choose the line style for the text perimeter, such as None for no outline, Solid for a solid outline, or Dashed for a dashed outline.
- Color: Choose the outline color by clicking in the color box and making your selection.
- Width: If the style is set to Solid, you can designate a line width by typing in an integer value, with 0 equaling thin lines, widening as the integer increases. Non-solid lines (dashed, dot-dashed, etc.) are set automatically to a thin width.
- Fill Options: Click on the Fill tab to access these settings:
- Stock Fills: If you want the text background to be filled with a solid color, with no color, or with a "stock" design, click in the Stock Fills radio button. Choose the Fill type using the drop-down box.
- Solid = solid color fill for the text background.
- None = no fill for the text background.
- Horizontal -> Diagonal = the background will be filled with the selected design.
- RockWare Patterns: If you want the text background to be filled with one of the patterns in the RockWare library, click in this radio button. Click on the Select button to choose a pattern from the library.
- Layer: Select the layer to which the text label is to be assigned by clicking on the down-arrow button.
- Create a new ReportWorks document or open an existing document as necessary.
- Click on the name of the Layer into which you want to insert the text.
- Click on the Text toolbar button or choose the Tools | Text menu option.
- Use your mouse to position the cursor in the page where the upper-right corner of the text label is to be placed, and click the left mouse button to insert it.
- You will see the Text Options dialog box. Type in the text and select its font, outline, and background as described above. Click Apply to apply the settings you've chosen.
- Click Close to close the Text Options window.
- You can access the text options at any time by double-clicking on the text or by right-clicking and choosing Properties.
- Reposition the text label as you wish by clicking and holding anywhere on the text and dragging it to the new location.
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