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Create and edit text boxes and typewriter texts

Select and edit an existing item

  1. Use the tool fits the type of the preferred item.
    • To select a Text Box, use any of the following tools:

      • Hand tool

      • Text Box tool (for text changes)

      • Select tool (for Text Box property changes)

    • To select a text or typewriter text, use the Edit Text tool.
  2. Click the item.

    A cursor appears ready to edit the text or the text box. A context-sensitive tab appears with formatting tools.

Place a text box

  1. Select the Text Box tool (Text Box icon) at Comments > Annotate.
  2. Click on the page, drag-and-drop to the desired size.

    Note The box grows vertically as needed to accept further text. Line breaks can be used.

    A cursor appears ready to accept and edit text in the box. The FreeText Tool context-sensitive tab appears with formatting tools.

The tools remain active after items are placed, each new click is likely to create a new item. As soon as you do not wish to create more items of the same type, select the Hand (Hand icon) tool.

Place typewriter text

  1. To place typewriter text, select the Typewriter tool (Typewriter icon) at Edit > Modify.
  2. Click at the desired location and type in the text.

    Note

    The TypeWriter Format context-sensitive tab appears with formatting tools.

  3. Type to insert text at the actual cursor position, navigate or edit the same way as you would do in a regular text editor application.

The tools remain active after items are placed, each new click is likely to create a new item. As soon as you do not wish to create more items of the same type, select the Hand (Hand icon) tool.

Change the formatting of the selected text

  1. Select and edit the preferred item as described in Select and edit an existing item.
  2. Make a text selection, and use the tools provided in a context-sensitive formatting tab.

    Note Changing properties when the cursor is placed but no selection is made has no effect on the text. In text boxes with no selection, changed values cannot be set as default. With typewriter texts and boxes, changes without a text selection can be set as defaults and are applied to subsequent typewriter items.
    Tip To change all text in the item, you must select it all.

Note For details on how to set default properties (etc. Author, Color, Style) for newly created objects, see Changing Default Annotation and Markup Object Properties.