The Text Line dialog box enables you to insert a Text Line object or modify an existing one.

The dialog box has four tabs for changing the properties of the Text line. These tabs are:

Text tab

In this tab you can type the text and set character spacing, orientation and alignment.

The Text field enables you to enter the text.

The Character Spacing section enables you to set spacing between the characters in your text line (in pixels). You can set the default spacing (5 pt) by clicking the Set Default button.

The Orientation section enables you to set the Text Line orientation - Horizontal or Vertical.

The Alignment section enables you to set the text horizontal and vertical alignment in the Text Line box. The left column is for horizontal alignment, and the right one is for vertical alignment.

Font tab

In this tab you can choose font for Text Line. All the fonts installed in your Windows system are available.

Colors tab

In this tab you can set colors of the Text Line background and colors of all the planes. The number of planes depends on the effect selected. The tab consists of two sections - Color Set Library section, and the Color Selection section.

The Color Set Library section enables you to select a ready-made color scheme for your Text Line, or save your custom color scheme in the library. To set a ready-made color scheme, just open the Color set library drop-down list and select a color scheme you like. To save your scheme in the library, create the scheme and click the Save As… button. The Save As dialog box is displayed, where you can type a new name for the Color Set, or choose to overwrite the existing one. To delete a color set from the library, select it and click the Delete button.

The number of tabs in the Color selection section depends on the specific effect selected in the Effects tab of the dialog box. It contains one tab for Text Line background, and one tab for each plane (the number of planes depends on the effect selected). Each of these tabs contains two tabs in turn - one for Outline and one for Fill. In all those tabs you can set the item to be transparent by checking the Transparent check box, or select a color from color library by clicking the Color library combo box.

Effects tab

In this tab you can set effects for your Text Line. The tab contains three sections: Basic Effects, Effects Library, and Effect control.

In the Basic Effects section you can select an effect from the list of available effects.

In the Effects Library section you can save the effect you have created in the library, or load a saved effect from the library. To apply an effect from the library, just select it from the Effects Library drop-down list. To save an effect to the library, set your effect and click the Save As… button. The Save As dialog box will be displayed, where you can type a new name for the Effect or choose to overwrite an existing effect. To delete a ready-made effect from the library, select it and click the Delete button.

In the Effect Control (in percent) section you can control appearance of the effect. The contents of this section depend on selected effect.

The Attach Bold Border check box enables you to outline the letters with bold.