, in the visualization
title bar has been clicked, or, when Edit Text Area
has been selected from the pop-up menu.The text area can only be edited when the Toggle Edit Mode
button, , in the visualization
title bar has been clicked, or, when Edit Text Area
has been selected from the pop-up menu.
When in edit mode, you will see a toolbar at the top of the text area where a number of options are available:
Option |
Description |
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Cuts the selected object from the current position, to be pasted somewhere else. |
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Copies the selected object. |
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Pastes the selected object in the text area. |
Font |
Specifies the font of the text. |
Size |
Specifies the font size of the text. |
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Sets the selected text to boldface. |
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Sets the selected text to italics. |
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Underlines the selected text. |
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Opens the Color dialog where you can specify the text color. |
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Aligns the selected paragraph to the left of the text area. |
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Aligns the selected paragraph to the center of the text area. |
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Align the selected paragraph to the right of the text area. |
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Creates a numbered list of the selected paragraph. |
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Creates a bulleted list of the selected paragraph. |
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Removes the indent characters from the selected text. |
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Indents the text of the selected paragraph. |
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Opens a dialog where you can browse to locate an image to insert. Including images can be very costly to memory, so it is recommended to keep images small. |
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Opens the Insert Web Link dialog where you can type or paste the link to any website which might be of interest for the analysis. You can also use this button to add a mailto link opening a new message in your standard email client, or a tibcospotfire link which links to a different analysis.
Examples: http://www.tibco.com mailto:person@example.com?subject=Test tibcospotfire:server:http\://myspotfireserver/:analysis:/Data/My Analysis |
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Removes the web link but leaves the text intact. |
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Opens the Insert Filter dialog where you can select a filter to add to the text area. |
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Opens the Action Control dialog where you can insert an action link or button which applies a bookmark, switches page or runs a script, etc. |
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Opens the Property Control dialog where you can insert input fields, drop-down lists, list boxes, etc., which can easily change the values of custom properties. |
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Allows you to insert a dynamic item (a sparkline, a calculated value, an icon, or a bullet graph) into the text area. |
To change the name of the Text Area, or to show or hide the title bar, right-click on the text area and select Properties.
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