Using Text.-
The standard use of text has changed in many aspects with previous versions of Metagraf. It has been tried to simplify the most used commands for inputting text on a figure. It is mandatory to read these lines before trying to use tis capability.
There are two general types of text that can be used in a figure. The simplest is the usual, normal text used in LaTex. This can be written using the fonts “computer modern” or, alternatively, some of the types included in most distributions of TeX/LaTeX. The stantard latex text can be used for math fonts. Not so the other ones.
All that is not new to Mg5. What is new is the way to introduce text in a figure. On one side the text field where text should be written is no more in the upper part of the screen, but in the bottom part. It is the longest window that can be seen preceded by the work “Text:”
There are two Basic ways of including text. In what follows they will be explained:
Drawing the support line first.- The icon (or button) to use is the one corresponding to the tool-tip or menu item: “PlaceTxt”. Clicking this item (or toolbar button), the mouse cursor will change to a cross line that will allow to draw an standard line.
Once the line is on the screen, selecting it it will be clearly visible a white point at the right extreme of the line. Moving the cursor to this point (without clicking, just moving), it will change to a bigger green point and the support line will change its color from red to purple. At the same time, the text field at the bottom will become active, showing in its middle point the typical text-cursor, a vertical small line.
In this situation, it is possible to write anything on the text field using the keyboard. Once done, just moving the mouse cursor on the screen, will made appear the text written over the line support, and adjust this last to the length of the text.
Finally, clicking the left or right button mouse anywhere on the screen will deselect the object text that been placed.
Writing the text before.- This process can be done also in a somewhat different way. The first thing will be to send the focus to the text field at bottom, clicking it. The text cursor will appear.
After writing the text wanted to include, without doing any other thing, nor clicking on the screen, the “PlaceTxt” should be clicked and moving the mouse cursor to the screen, where it is wanted to place the text, a single quick click will create the object text with its support line of due length.
In the next paragraph, it will be explained how to edit the text, change it, give it a certain inclination and or justify it to the center, right or left.
Madrid, January 2006 |
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