Multiline Text

Drop-down list to select the text style.

Drop-down list to select the font file that defines the style of the characters.

Input field for the characters height.

Bold

 CTRL + B 

Turns bold formatting on and off for new or selected text. This option is available only for characters using TrueType fonts.

Italic

 CTRL + I 

Turns italic formatting on and off for new or selected text. This option is available only for characters using TrueType fonts.

Striked

Turns strikethrough on or off for new or selected text.

Underlined

 CTRL + U 

Turns underlining on or off for new or selected text.

Overlined

 CTRL + O 

Turns overlining on or off for new or selected text.

Copy text format

Enables/disables the text format copy function.

The function allows you to copy the following properties within one multiline text: font, height, style (bold, italic, strikethrough, underline, overline), slant, tracking (character spacing), aspect ratio, text color, text alignment (left alignment, center, justify, right, distributed), line spacing, bulleted and numbered list options, paragraph options (indents, tab stops).

To use the function, select a part of the text or place the cursor on the text the properties of which you want to copy. Click the Copy text format button. Select the text to be formatted. To complete the formatting, press ESC or release the Copy text format button.

Stack

The button to convert the selected text to fraction (e.g., 1/2 to ½) and vice versa (e.g., ½ to 1/2).

You can use the following symbols to create different types of fractions:

·          / – slash. Creates a fraction with a horizontal bar, with the numerator and denominator stacked on top of each other and centered

·          # – hash mark. Creates a fraction with the numerator and denominator stacked diagonally and separated by a slash

·          ^ – caret. Creates a fraction with the numerator and denominator stacked vertically, but not separated by a bar

To enter the symbols /, #, and ^ as text, precede them with the backslash character \ (backslash). For example:

The text height of the numerator and denominator of fractions, as well as superscript and subscript text, is controlled by the TSTACKSCALE variable. The value of the variable is set as a percentage relative to the height of the main text and can vary from 25 to 125%.

Superscript Ctrl+UP ARROW

Enables/disables input of superscript characters.

Subscript Ctrl+DOWN ARROW

Enables/disables input of subscript characters.

Ruler

Enables/disables the ruler display.

The ruler is displayed at the top of the text area and displays the parameters set in the Paragraph dialog:

Double-clicking the  width button adjusts the frame width to the text size.

Columns

Creates and edits multiple columns. Opens the list of parameters:

No columns

Combines all columns.

Dynamic columns

Dynamic columns modes:

·         Auto height

·         Manual height

Static columns

Mode of static columns.

Set from 2 to 6 columns.

All static columns have the same height and alignment in the edges.

Insert column

Inserts new column manually Ctrl+T

Column parameters

Opens the Column Settings dialog.

·         Column type - select the type of columns to be created.

·         Column Number - set the number of columns. The parameter is available only for the Static Columns option.

·         Height - displays and sets the height of the column. The parameter is available for editing Static Columns and Manual Height setting for dynamic columns.

·         Width - Displays and sets column widths and column spacing. Parameter Total - displays the value of the total width of the text object.

Change alignment

Selects the alignment mode for the insertion point and direction

Paragraph

Opens the Paragraph dialog.

Tabulatios – selects the type of tabulation:

    – setting the position of the left edge of the text line;

    – setting the position of the center of the text line;

    – setting the position of the right edge of the text line;

    – setting the position by the separator character.

Using the Add, Edit, Delete buttons, you can edit the number, type, and value of tab stops.

The following characters can be used as separators: comma, period, or space.

Left indent – sets the indent to the left of the text frame for a paragraph and for the first line of a paragraph.

Right indent – sets the indent to the right of the text frame for a paragraph.

Paragraph alignment – enables/disables the mode for text alignment by: Align left, Align center, Align right, Justified, Distributed.

Paragraph Spacing – sets the spacing before and after a paragraph.

Paragraph Line Spacing – sets the line spacing within a paragraph:

   Exactly – sets a fixed interval between lines, changing the height of characters does not affect the line spacing;

   At least – sets the minimum line spacing required to fit the largest character in a line. If the text height is less than the specified value, the line spacing is determined by the user value. If the text height is greater than the specified value, the line spacing is equal to the text height;

   Multiple – sets the interval as a multiplier to the text height (from 0,25 to 4).

Align left

Sets the alignment of the text to the left.

Align center

Sets the alignment of the text to the center.

Align right

Sets the alignment of the text to the right.

Justified

Sets the text mode to justified.

Distributed

Sets the text mode to distributed.

Uppercase

Changes the selected text to uppercase (replace the lowercase characters with uppercase).

Lowercase

Changes the selected text to lowercase (replace the uppercase characters with lowercase).

Insert symbol

Inserts symbol from the list..

It is also possible to insert a non-breaking space by the combination of CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR. keys.

Symbols… and Other… open tables with other special symbols.

To quickly insert the symbols “degree”, “plus/minus”, “diameter”, you can use the Insert symbol context menu command:

Line Spacing

Sets line spacing between separate lines in the current or selected paragraph.

1,0x, 1,5x, 2,0x, 2,5x – Set the factor of line spacing as a multiplier on the text height.

More… – displays the Paragraph dialog for selecting additional options for adjusting line spacing.

Drop line spacing– drop line spacing to default of selected or current paragraph. The default multiline text settings will be applied to this paragraph.

Numbering

Creates lists with numbers, letters or markers.

Off – numbering in turned off.

Lettered – alphabeting numeration with selected parameters: Lowercase, Uppercase.

Numbered – create numbered list.

Bulleted – create bulleted list with a specified marker: dot or hyphen.

To create a list, select the text and select the desired type of marking or numbering.

To start forming a numbered list, you can enter a number (or a number with a dot) at the beginning of the line and press the TAB key

By entering a letter (with or without a dot) followed by a tab, you can start forming a letter list.

A period or dash with a tab starts the formation of a bulleted list.

It is possible to create several numbered lists at once in one multiline text.

In this case, the numbering of the first list in a multiline text may start not from the first element. To start creating such a list, enter the desired initial value (with or without a dot) and press the TAB. key. The list will begin to form from the specified value.

The TAB key can be used to shift not only the levels of numbered lists, but also the levels of lettered and bulleted lists, with automatic formatting of the correct markings.

To create complex nested lists (letters inside numbered lists, and vice versa), you need to select a regular nested list and change its type.

Insert field

Opens Field dialog box to insert field to the text.

Determines the forward or backward slant of the text (values from -85 to 85).

A positive angle slants text to the right. A negative angle slants text to the left.

The switching step with arrows is 1, you can enter a value multiple of 0.0001.

Input field for tracking character spacing (values from 0,75 to 4).

Values less than 1 reduce the interval, values more than 1 increase it.

The switching step with arrows is 0.05, you can enter a value multiple of 0.0001.

Widens or narrows the selected characters. (values from 0,1 to 10).

The 1 setting represents the normal width of the letter in this font. Set to more than 1 to increase the width, and set to less than 1 to decrease the width.

The switching step with arrows is 0,1, you can enter a value multiple of 0,0001.

Drop-down list to select the color for the text.

 Undo

Undoes actions in the text editor.

 Redo

Redoes actions in the text editor.

Completes editing multiline text and closes the text editor. To do this, you can also use the key combination CTRL + ENTER.

Button to open the context menu:

Attention

Text can be overlooked if the font size in the Text format dialog box is set too small compared to the scale of the drawing.