Text Properties Dialog

The Text Properties dialog allows changing settings related to displaying an object text.

The dialog is called from the Format/Text menu.

The Text Properties dialog consists of the following bars:

The Font Tab

The Font bar view for the Windows platform:

The Font bar view for the MacOS X platform:

Font - setting a font name (selecting from the list of fonts available).
Size - setting the size of fonts in points. A point is a unit for measuring font sizes. It is equal to 1/72 of an inch.
Color - setting a text color scheme. It lets select colors from the graphic palette or an arbitrary.

The Style section - activates / desactivates custom font styles.

The Paragraph Tab

The Paragraph bar view for the Windows platform:

The Paragraph bar view for the MacOS X platform:

Horizontal Alignment - a pop-up list for setting horizontal alignment of a paragraph in relation to the width of a text box. It can have the following values in its check boxes:

Indents - a panel for setting paragraph indents, indent values are set in centimeters.

Parameters:

The Text Block Tab

The Text Block bar view for the Windows platform:

The Text Block bar view for the MacOS X platform:

The Vertical alignment pop-up list contains commands for text lines vertical positioning relatively to the top and bottom borders of a text box.

The Vertical alignment can be:

The Margins section is intended for setting text fields (fields are set in millimeters or in inches depending on the document measurement unit):

Text Background - setting the background color for the whole text.

To select any color, click the Text Background line to call the Chose Color window where you can select the required color.

Transparent - setting the transparent mode for the text background color. By default it is activated ( no background color).