Drawing Text Objects

1. In the Draw menu or Draw toolbar, click Text .
2. Move the cursor onto the screen where you want to draw a text object. A text object with default settings will display and move along with the cursor.
3. Click the desired position on the screen to place the text object. The upper-left corner of the bounding box of the text object will be at the clicked position.
4. Double-click the text object to bring up the Text Object dialog box and then modify the settings of the text object. This dialog box contains the following three pages:

■ General
Described in Section 4.1.10.1.

■ Shape
Described in Section 4.3.4.

■ Visibility
Described in Section 4.4.6.

Note 1: You can use the Text toolbar to modify the properties of the text object's text instantly.

Note 2: You can use the Draw toolbar to modify the properties of the text object's shape instantly.

Tip: By default, the Auto Text Resizing on the Edit menu is checked and the related icon on the Edit toolbar is sunken. If you don’t want to resize the text when resizing the object, you need to uncheck the Auto Text Resizing command on the Edit menu or click the sunken icon on the Edit toolbar to make the font size fixed.