Inserting Multi-Line Text into a ReportWorks Page

ReportWorks | Tools | Text Block

Use the Text Block menu option or toolbar button to insert a block of text on an existing ReportWorks page. You can adjust the font type and size, color, and fill pattern/color. See the Text tool for single-line text labels.

Menu Options

• Text: Click on the Text tab to type in the text to be placed on the page. This text can be comprised of multiple lines of text. Paragraphs will be honored, and the text that you enter will wrap within the defined text block, described below.
• 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 block 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 block 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 block.
3. Click on the Text Block toolbar button or choose the Tools | Text Block menu option.
4. Use your mouse to position the cursor in the page where the upper-right corner of the text block 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 block or by right-clicking and choosing Properties.
8. You can resize the text block by first single-clicking on the text to see the block's "handles." Then, click and hold on any of the handles on the corners or edges and drag to the new position. Release the mouse button when the block's edges are in the correct position.  The text within the space will wrap as necessary.
9. Reposition the text block 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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