Add free text

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Free text allows you to add floating text to a diagram that is not attached to any objects.

 


 

1.Click Draw Free Text on the Drawing Toolbar.

 

Note: To display the Drawing toolbar, from the View menu choose Toolbars & Panels. On the Toolbars tab check the Diagram Button Bar check box.

2.With the crosshairs as your cursor, click and drag an area for the free text to appear in.
3.Enter the text and click OK .

 

Note: To change the font, from the Edit menu choose Font. When text is highlighted you can embolden (Ctrl+B), italicize (Ctrl+I) or underline (Ctrl+U) it.

 

Keywords

Selected text can be used to define and add keywords to the Keywords Library. Keywords created in this way will be automatically associated with the current diagram.

 

Highlight the text that you want to define as a keyword, right-click it and choose Add as Keyword.

 

 For more information about Keywords, see Creating Keywords.

 

 

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Related topics

 

Moving objects

 

Locking objects

 

Cutting, copying and pasting objects

 

Deleting objects