Insert Text / Centered Text / Disconnect Text

These menu commands manage text contained in graphics. Text may be inserted into any closed graphic. The text is a full capability Text Box. The text is attached to the inside of the graphic. It will move and resize with the host graphic.

A double click on any graphic will insert text into the graphic. This shortcut works just as the menu selection. The action is automatic with respect to inserting centered or normal text, the last action performed from the menu is the form used by the double click. This automatic choice is persistent from one launch of EazyDraw to the next.

Insert Text
This menu command will create a Text Box inside the selected graphic. The text box is created with a size of the internal boundary of the graphic. You may begin typing immediately after the command, the text entered will be shown in the graphic. If nothing is typed the empty text box remains in the graphic. There is no visual clue since there is no text.
Centered Text
This menu command works similiar to Insert Text, except the text is centered on the interior of the graphic.
Disconnect Text
Use this menu command to separate a graphic and an inserted text box. Nothing is deleted, the text remains intact. The appearance of the drawing will not change after this command is executed. After the command the graphic may be moved or resized independently of the Text Box.

A first mouse click on a graphic with inserted text will select the graphic. Once selected the normal move and resize operations are possible. To edit the text double click the graphic, the Text Box is selected and the insertion cursor shown to provide a visual clue that you are in the text editing mode.

Unlike a simple text box, it is possible to have an empty Text Box when inside another graphic. You may determine this by selecting the graphic and checking to see which menu item is enabled. You cannot add two text boxes to single graphic.

This is the method to add a border to a text box. You first create the Rectangle (or any closed graphic) then insert the text. If the text already exists you need to insert an empty text box in the graphic and add the existing text with a copy-paste operation.

If you need a rectangular text outline shape, with border, fill or gradient fill this can be added directly to the text graphic. Notice that Style and Gradient Fill may be applied to Text Graphics. This approach may be easier than inserting text into a rectangle.