Provides basic controls for font settings of the selected text. See Font Group for details.

This group is active with the following kind of objects:

• Text Box

• Callout

Provides controls for alignment settings of the selected paragraph(s). See Paragraph Group for details.

This group is active with the following kind of objects:

• Text Box

• Callout

Provides controls for color settings of the selected object(s). The group consists of various tools, displaying only the ones applicable to the selected kind of object(s).

• Color Style – Click More to drop down the palette, then select from the predefined border and/or fill color combinations. Border and fill colors can be adjusted separately with the Color/Line Color and Fill color tools detailed below.
  

  
  
  

• Color/Line Color: Represents the border color of the object. Click the arrow to drop down the color palette with theme colors and standard colors. Select a color, or click More Colors to open the Colors dialog box featuring advanced palettes and a color picker.

• Fill Color: Represents the fill (background) color of the object. Click the arrow to drop down the color palette with theme colors and standard colors. Select a color, or click More Colors to open the Colors dialog box featuring advanced palettes and a color picker.

This group is active with the following kind of objects:

• Text box

• Callout

• Highlight

• Highlight Area

• Cross-out

• Underline

• Line

• Arrow

• Rectangle

• Oval

• Polygon

• Pencil

• Polygon Line

• Cloud

Provides controls for line style and opacity settings of the selected object(s). The group consists of various tools, displaying only the ones applicable to the selected kind of object(s).

• Icon Type (for Note objects only): Click the arrow to drop down the list of available icons, and then select one.

• Line Color: Represents the line color of the object. Click the arrow to drop down the color palette with theme colors and standard colors. Select a color, or click More Colors to open the Colors dialog box featuring advanced palettes and a color picker.

• Line Width: Click the arrow to drop down the list of line widths (1-12 pt), and then select one.

• Dash Type: Click the arrow to drop down the list of line stye (such as dashed, dotted) and then select one.
  

  
  
  

• Start of line: Click the arrow to drop down the list of arrowheads, and then select one for the starting point of the line.
  

  
  
  

• End of line: Click the arrow to drop down the list of arrowheads, and then select one for the terminating point of the line.

• Opacity: Adjust the slider to change the opacity of the selected object(s).

  • Move the slider to the left (-) to turn the object less opaque (more transparent).

  • Move the slider to the right (+) to make it more opaque (less transparent).

This group is active with the following kind of objects:

• Note

• Text box

• Callout

• Highlight Area

• Cross-out

• Underline

• Line

• Arrow

• Rectangle

• Oval

• Polygon

• Pencil

• Polygon Line

• Cloud

• Set as default: Click to save the current text and object settings as default. A confirmation message displays.

  • All settings currently accessible on the Comment Format ribbon will be used as default.

  • Object Color, Fill Color, Line Width, Dash Type and opacity defaults are handled separately for object types. For example, a new Text box may look different, than a new Callout.

  • Font and paragraph settings defaults are handled globally. Changing the default font settings for a Callout results in the same font appearing in a newly created Text Box.

This group is active with the following kind of objects:

• Text Box

• Callout