This tab has a central box for entering text and two boxes to select the style and color of the selected characters. The toolbar at the top of the window provides commands for formatting text. The complete list of commands is available in the menu that can be viewed by clicking with the right mouse button inside the editor.

List of commands in the text entry box menu

Command Description

New

Deletes all text in the box.

Open

Import text from a file.

Save

Saves the text to a file.

Cut

Deletes the selected text and copies it to the clipboard.

Copy

Copies the selected text to the clipboard.

Paste

Inserts text from the clipboard at the current cursor position.

Undo

Cancel the last operation performed.

Delete

Delete the selected text.

Find Replace

Search and replace text.

Select all

Select the entire text.

Field codes

Opens a dialog box from which you can select field codes.

Special characters

Opens a dialog box for choosing special characters.

Bold

Applies/Remove the bold effect from the selected text.

Italic

Applies/Remove italic effect from selected text.

Underline

Applies/Remove the underlined effect from the selected text.

Strikethrough

Applies/Remove the strikethrough effect from the selected text.

Overline

Applies/Removes the overlined effect from the selected text.

Superscript

Apply / Remove the superscript effect from the selected text.

Subscript

Apply / Remove the subscript effect from the selected text.

Title

Converts the first character of each selected word to uppercase.

Toggle case

Convert lowercase characters to uppercase and vice versa.

Uppercase

Convert selected text to uppercase.

Lowercase

Convert selected text to lowercase.

Only word

Apply effects such as underlining only to words but not to spaces.

Offset

Sets the vertical position of the characters.

Spacing

Set the spacing between the characters.

Scale

Resize the characters.

Angle

Rotate the characters.

Font

Set the font style.

Filling

Sets the style of the font fill.

Outline

Set the outline style of the characters.

Background

Sets the style of the font background.

Effect style

Set the color of the effects.

Left

Set the paragraph alignment to the left.

Right

Set the paragraph alignment to the right.

Center

Set the alignment of the paragraph in the middle.

justified

Set the alignment of the paragraph as justified.

Language

Allows you to add other languages. The Languages dialog box appears.

Reset style

Deletes all settings related to the style. The text takes on the unique style of the text object.

Word wrap

Enables/disables the option. The text automatically returns to a new line when it reaches the right margin of the window.

Zoom

Sets the zoom level.

See also