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Section 4.3.5.1 · Chapter 4: Designing Screens

Text Sub-page Settings

You can use the Text sub-page, OFF Text sub-page, and ON Text sub-page to set up the text of the inner label for each of the corresponding states, as well as the current language. The language being set is specified by the Language item in the Label page.

The following are examples of the Text pages:

Text sub-page

ON Text sub-page

The following table describes each property in the Text sub-page, OFF Text sub-page, and ON Text sub-page.

Property Description
Copy from Note Click this button to replace the current text by the text of Note in the General page.
Copy to ON State Click this button to use the current text to replace the text of ON state.
Copy to OFF State Click this button to use the current text to replace the text of OFF state.
Font The font of the text. You can use the drop-down list to select a font.
Click to bring up the Font Templates dialog box and select a font for the text. You can change the font templates before selecting a font in that dialog box.
Color The color of the text. To specify the color, click the corresponding Color icon and select a color from the Color palette.
Blink Check this item so the text will blink. You have blink effects to choose from. Color switching changes the color of the text from its original color to the color of the background. Text On/Off displays and hides the text.
Transparent Check this item to make the background of the characters transparent.
BG Color The background color of the text.
Alignment
The alignment of the text.
Character Spacing The distance (in pixels) between two adjacent characters of the text.
Line Spacing The distance (in pixels) between two adjacent lines of the text.
Shape Background Color The BG color of the object’s shape for the current state.
Position
The position of the text body.
Copy Attributes to ON State Click this button to use the current attributes to replace the text of ON state.
Copy Attributes to OFF State Click this button to use the current attributes to replace the text of OFF state.

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Source.Section 4.3.5.1 of the PM Designer Software User Manual, Edition 2.0, © Cermate Technologies Inc. (www.cermate.com, service@cermate.com). Reproduced online, with the manual's own figures, by TSL Automation Solutions, authorised Cermate distributor, for users of Cermate HMI panels. PM Designer and PanelMaster are trademarks of Cermate Technologies Inc.

Text and figures are the manufacturer's and may describe features your panel or software version does not have. For a plain-language introduction read the PM Designer guide; for help with a specific panel contact TSL Automation.