Add Text to Drawings

DRAW User Guide

Add Annotation : Add Text to Drawings

To add annotation text, on the Annotate tab, in the Insert group, click Text.

Input values in the dimension fields and press Enter or click to identify the insertion point for the text. The Text Editor window displays

The Text Editor allows the user to input and format text.


Select font name	Select from the drop-down list to define the font for the text.
Specify height of the text	Select from the drop-down list to define the height of the text.
Increase font size	Click to increase the font size of the text.
Decrease font size	Click to decrease the font size of the text.
Select text colour	Select from the drop-down list to define the colour of the text.
Rotation	Input a value in the field to define the rotation angle of the text.
Specify if bold style should be used	Click to apply bold style to the annotation text.
Specify if italic style should be used	Click to apply italic style to the annotation text.
Specify if underline style should be used	Click to underline the annotation text.
Set left alignment	Click to left align the text.
Set centre alignment	Click to centre align the text.
Set right alignment	Click to right align the text.
Set top alignment	Click to align the text with the top of the frame
Set base alignment	Click to align the text with the base of the first character.
Set middle alignment	Click to align the centre of the text with the centre of the frame.
Set bottom alignment	Click to align the text with the bottom of the frame.
Show/Hide Intelligent Text dialog	Click to add intelligent text to the annotation. Refer to Intelligent Text for further information.
Enter text here	Input the annotation text in the field.

Click OK to add the text to the annotation or Cancel to discard any changes and close the Text Editor window.