Editing Text

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Editing Text

Double-click

Double-click on the text to edit the text. The edit text dialog will appear.

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Enter the new text and click the clip0541 button.

Interactive Edit

To edit text interactively first select it.

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Selected Text

Drag any rotate manipulator clip0266to rotate the text.

Drag any scale manipulatorclip0319 to re-size the text.

Drag the rectangle to move the text.

Text Properties Dialog

You can also edit the parameters of the text using its properties panel as shown below. To view the properties panel first select it.Then right-click on it, then select Properties Panel from the context menu that opens.

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Text Properties Dialog

Text

Text to be placed

Font

Font style of the placed text

Height

The height of the text

X

The X coordinate of the center of the text

Y

The Y coordinate of the center of the text

Center

Center location of the text

Alignment

Alignment of the text