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Text Box Tool

Selecting the Text Box Tool and clicking in the workspace the designer is used to create a text object. The following table describes the elements and functions for the Text Box Tool.

Element

Function

Enter Text Box

Static text and/or a template variable is entered here.

Font

List of fonts that can be selected for the object. These were setup on the Main Screen of the template.

Properties

Font size , alignment and leading options are entered here.

X pos and Y pos

Fields that represent the starting coordinates of the text

Width

Specifies the overall width of the text box.

Height

Specifies the overall height of the text box.

Rotate

Allows the designer to rotate the text box

See Also

The Page Editor

Screen Overview

Design Tools

Line and Rectangle tools

Text Tool

Image Tool

Page Tool

Object Properties

Rules