Entering text in design frames

About text in design frames

A design frame may include fields in which textual information about the project can be entered — for example, general information about designs, the customer name, deadlines, production-related information. Normally, but not necessarily, text is inserted in predefined tables.

Managing text in design frames

In a print presentation, you access the predefined text fields directly from the Design Frame tab in the tabular area. When you enter text there, the text in the design frame is updated automatically (pictured). Learn how to create text fields in design frames.

Types of text

• Static text This is text that is entered while creating in the design frame and cannot be edited when the frame is used in a print drawing. Such text is, for example, describes various labels or, in tables, headings of columns and rows.
• Editable text This is text that can be edited when a design frame template is applied to a print drawing. While the design frame is being created, this text must be marked as editable (see Step 2 below). Editable text fields are listed in the Design Frame tab in the tabular area, where they can be edited. You can edit this text by typing either in the Data column cells or directly in the graphical area; in the latter case selecting the text for editing transfers the mouse pointer's focus to the tabular area and you can begin typing right away.

To enter text fields in design frames

1. In the design frame you are creating, insert the text that you want, and then align it as you want it to be.
2. To begin editing the inserted text, do any of the following:

• Double-click the text.
• Right-click the text, and then click Object Properties on the context menu.

The Text Properties dialog box appears.

The text field	Use it to modify the selected text. You can include also predefined system formulas here.
Alignment	Sets the vertical alignment: bottom, center or top.
Font	Opens a dialog box in which you edit the font's name, style, size, color and effects, and the character script.
Angle	Defines the angle at which the text is to rotate. The angle is measured against the x-axis, in the current metric units.
Description	Type the description of the text here. If the actual text is editable — that is, the Read-only check box is empty — in the print drawing the description will appear as a tooltip when you rest the pointer over the respective text field in the Design Frame tab in the tabular area. The description appears also in the table's Type column.
Read only	Selecting this check box fixes the text. Fixed text cannot be edited when the design frame is used in a print drawing and does not appear in the Design Frame tab in a print drawing's tabular area. If you leave this check box empty, the text will be editable when the design frame is used in a print drawing and will appear in the Design Frame tab in the tabular area of print drawings. The text that you initially enter will appear in the Data column of the Design Frame tab and is enclosed by angular brackets. NOTE: When editing existing text in a design frame, you can use the R button on the contextual edit bar. Using it has the same effect as using the Read-Only check box.

3. To complete the insertion of text, click OK.