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Add Text

Use the Text tool to type text on the page. Text can be moved, re-sized, reshaped, brought to the front and so on, and their properties edited just like other types of object.

To add text:

  1. Click the Text tool.

  2. Type your text on the keyboard. (Press Enter to start a new line.)
  3. Move the cursor to where you want to position the text and click the left mouse button.

    4. When you click the mouse button to place the text, the object properties dialog is displayed.

ClosedText Properties - Appearance (General)

Text has the following general appearance properties

Property

Description

Font

The font used to display the text. Use the scroll bar to the right to view available fonts, or type the font name, or part of it, directly into this field.

Style

Select whether you would like the text to be Regular, Bold, Bold Italic, or Italic.

Size

Define the size of the text (point size). Available sizes might vary according to the selected printer and the selected font.

[Alignment] Left

Select this radio button to align the text to the left of the text box.

[Alignment] Right

Select this radio button to align the text to the right of the text box.

[Alignment] Center

Select this radio button to align the text in the center of the text box.

[Effect] Strikeout

Select this box to make the text will appear with a line through it.

[Effect] Underline

Select this box to underline the text.

Text

This field contains the text that will display on the page. You can enter any keyboard character(s). You can edit the text here, or directly from the graphics page. It is useful to edit text at this field, as you can apply text changes at the same time as you apply other font and color changes.

This text changes automatically depending on the Display Value properties that you define.

Foreground

The color of the text.

Note: There are several radio buttons in Display Value (On/Off, Multi-state and so on). When selected, these radio buttons change the appearance of the right hand side of the dialog.

ClosedText Properties - Appearance (Display Value)

Text has the following display value appearance properties. Selecting one of the following five options changes the appearance of the right hand side of the dialog.

Property

Description

[Type] On / Off

Changes the text which displays when a particular condition is met, and another when it is not. For example, you could display an alarm message when a particular variable tag is in alarm, and a normal message when it is not.

See Text Properties - Appearance Display Value (On/Off).

[Type] Multi-state

This option is useful when you have several possible conditions, occurring together in different combinations, at different times. Select this option to display different text for each combination.

For example, three digital variable tags (A,B, and C) can each be ON or OFF at any time. You can display a different message for each ON/OFF combination. In other words, you could display a different message for each of the following ON/OFF combinations ABC, ABC, ABC, ABC, ABC, ABC, ABC, ABC.

Text Properties - Appearance Display Value (Multi-state).

[Type] Array

Allows you to enter an expression which returns an integer. For each integer (from 0-255), you can display different text. For example, you could display a different message for each state of an analog tag.

See Text Properties - Appearance Display Value (Array).

[Type] Numeric

Displays the value of a tag or expression in numeric format (you can specify the format).

See Text Properties - Appearance Display Value (Numeric).

[Type] String

Displays the value of an expression as a string.

See Text Properties - Appearance Display Value (String)

See Also

Graphics Object Types

Published June 2018