Create and edit text boxes and typewriter texts
Add and edit Text Boxes and Typewriter blocks, or format the text.
For details on how to set default properties (Author, Color, Style) for newly created objects, see Change Default Annotation and Markup Object Properties.
Select and edit an existing item
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Use the tool that fits with the type of the preferred item.
- To select a Text Box,
use any of the following tools:
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Hand tool
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Text Box tool (for text changes)
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Select tool (for Text Box property changes)
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- To select a text or typewriter text, use the Edit tool.
- To select a Text Box,
use any of the following tools:
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Click the item.
A cursor appears ready to edit the text or the text box. A context-sensitive panel appears with formatting tools.
Place a text box
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Select the Text Box tool (
) on the Comments tab of the ribbon.
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Click on the page, drag-and-drop to the desired size.
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 panel appears with formatting tools. To set the default formatting, use the Set Default command on the panel, or go to the preferences at .
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 (
) tool.
Place typewriter text
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To place typewriter text, select the Typewriter tool
(
) on the Edit tab of the ribbon.
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Drag a text box at the desired location and
type in the text. Use the mouse to adjust the frame size, position, and
rotation as preferred.
The Text Format context-sensitive panel appears with formatting tools.
- 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 () tool.
Change the formatting of the selected text
- Select and edit the preferred item as described in Select and edit an existing item.
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Make a text
selection, and use the tools provided in a context-sensitive formatting
panel.
Changing properties when the cursor is active but no text selected does not affect the text. For typewriter texts and text boxes, you can change formatting without a text selection and apply those as defaults.
To change all text in the item, you must select it all.