Inserting Text into a ReportWorks Page

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.

Menu Options

• 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.
     

Step-by-Step Summary

1. Create a new ReportWorks document or open an existing document as necessary.
2. Click on the name of the Layer into which you want to insert the text.
3. Click on the Text toolbar button or choose the Tools | Text menu option.
4. 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.  
5. 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. 
6. Click Close to close the Text Options window.
7. You can access the text options at any time by double-clicking on the text or by right-clicking and choosing Properties.
8. Reposition the text label as you wish by clicking and holding anywhere on the text and dragging it to the new location.

See also

• Working with layers

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