The Anchor Text Attributes window is used to define or to modify the location, size, layer, and appearance for map or diagram anchor text. This window is displayed when you edit an existing anchor text item or insert a new anchor text item into a map or diagram.
Appearance Options
- Caption: This is the text to be displayed in the map or diagram label. The text you enter will not wrap to multiple lines.
- Font Settings
- Font: Here you can change the font to any of those installed on your system, for this particular anchor text item. The default font type is defined in the Preferences | Program Settings window.
- Size: The size that's displayed represents actual diagram or map units for the height of the characters.
For example, if you see a size of "24.5", that means the text height is 24.5 map/diagram units. You can make the text larger or smaller by increasing or decreasing this value.- Color: Click on the Color box to change the color for the anchor text label.
- Angle: Horizontal text is set to an angle of "90." An angle of "0" will display the text vertically, reading upward. An angle of "180" will display the text vertically, reading downward. You can enter any integer value for the angle.
- Border: Check this item for the label to be bounded by a border line. Click the line box to select the line style, color, and thickness for the border.
- Filled: Check this box to fill the label with a background color. Click on the color box to choose the fill color. Leave this unchecked for the text block to have a transparent background, so that any background image will show through.
- Leader Line: Check this to display the leader line, which will extend from the label to the anchor location. Click the line box to select the line style, color, and thickness.
Location Options
- Layer: Use this setting to select the layer to which the anchor text is to be associated. See Working with Layers for more information.
- Anchor Location: The X (Easting) and Y (Northing) coordinates define the map location for the anchor. You can modify the location by editing these coordinates, or by clicking and dragging the anchor on the plot window itself.
- Text Location: The X (Easting) and Y (Northing) coordinates for the upper left corner of the label rectangle. You can modify the location by editing these coordinates, or by clicking and dragging the label within the plot window.
- Copy X and Y Coordinates to Clipboard: Click this button to copy the anchor or text block's location coordinates to the Windows clipboard, for pasting elsewhere.
General Options
- Visible: Insert a check in this box for the anchor text to be visible in the drawing or map. Remove the check-mark to hide the text.
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