Manage Text Styles Tool

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Manage Text Styles Tool is used to create/edit/delete Text Style Objects.

 

mouse_20 Using the Manage Text Styles Tool:

Find the Manage Text Styles Tool icon ssManageText on the Library Toolbar (color coded peach) and Click on the tool. The manage dialog will show up and for the editing of text style objects. After performing the desired operation in the manage dialog, click "OK" to save it to drawing. If "Cancel" is clicked, all the changes performed since opening this manage dialog are undone.

 

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mouse_20 Select Text Style:

To select an object, click on one of the object names from the list displayed on the left hand side of the manage dialog.

 

mouse_20 View Text Styles:

To view the properties of a text style, select it from the left panel. The "Preview" section will show the selected text style as it will appear in the drawing. All properties for the selected text style are displayed on the right-hand side of the manage dialog.

 

btnAdd Add Text Styles:

To add a text style to the drawing, click on the add button (btnAdd)  in the "Actions" section. This adds a new text style to the drawing's text style library. By default the name property of text style object is set to TextStyle<Number>.

 

btnDelete Delete Text Styles:

To delete a text style from the drawing, select a text style from the left panel. Click on the delete button (btnDelete) in the "Actions" section. The selected text style will be deleted. The delete button (btnDelete) becomes unavailable when there is no text style selected or the selected text style is a default created text style.

 

btnImportTTF Import Text Styles from a font file (.TTF file):

To import a text style from your operating system's installed fonts, click the import button (btnImportTTF) in the "Actions" section. This opens a listed item select dialog. Select the fonts that you want to import. You can  hold the Ctrl + Click add each item to the selection. Click "OK" and the selected fonts will be added into the  drawing's library as text style objects.

 

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Also See:

Text Style Objects

Library Toolbar