Annotation Text editor

Edit Texts

 

Edit the settings of multiple selected text items.

This dialog box appears:

For more information on multiple selection, see below.

Dialog box options:

Font name:

Select a font in which the selected texts should appear. Open the list box by clicking it. You can select any installed True Type font.

Font size:

Type a value for the font size in which the texts should appear.

Bold:

Select this check box when the selected texts should appear in Bold.

Italic:

Select this check box when the selected texts should appear in Italics.

Underline:

Select this check box when the selected texts should appear Underlined.

Justification:

Select a position for the justification mark of the selected texts. Justification Baseline Center gives justification marks located at the center of the base line of each text; justification Top Left gives justification marks located at the top left of the rectangle which surrounds each text.

Text color:

Select a color in which the selected texts should appear. Open the list box by clicking it. To create your own color, select Custom from the bottom of the list or click the create button.

Transparent:

Select this check box when the rectangles in which the texts appear should be transparent; you will see the texts directly on the contents of the map window.

Clear this check box when rectangles around texts should have the background color as defined for the map window.

Rotation:

Type a value for the rotation of selected texts. Rotation is specified in degrees: rotation 0 gives text in direction left to right, rotation 90 gives text in direction bottom to top. Maximum rotation is 360.

Multiple selection

To select two or more text items:

To deselect a selected item:

Tips:

  1. To move multiple text items: select multiple text items and drag them to another position in the editor window.
  2. To make duplicates of multiple text items: press and hold the Ctrl key down, select multiple text items, and drag them to another position.
  3. To change the text of a text item, double-click a text in the editor window.
  4. You can also edit an annotation text object in a table window:
  5. To install a Windows True Type font:
  6. Now that the fonts are registered by Windows, you can use them in ILWIS as well.

See also: