Text Button: On Screen Formatting

Place a text button on the CimEdit screen.

Quickly edit the text button.

  1. Place a text button the CimEdit screen.

  1. Click Button in the Drawing>Text group on the CimEdit Ribbon bar.

  1. Click the CimEdit screen to place the text button.

Result: A button is placed on the CimEdit screen; the word Button displays on the button in Edit mode.

  1. Quickly edit the text.

Note: The button object size can be quickly increased or decreased the same as any object.

You can quickly change the text and text format on the button, as follows.

A

Text content.

B

Font group options.

 

A

Text Content

The text content can be edited on screen.

  1. Type the text you want to display.

  2. (To go to a new line) Press Enter.

  3. (If your typing needs to be changed) do any of the following.

Press the Backspace key to delete text; resume typing.

Highlight a portion of the text; resume typing.

B

Font Group Options

Select any of the options in the Format>Font group.

Font selections include the following.

1

Type.

2

Size (in points)

Note: As the cursor moves over the sizes in the dropdown Size list, the text on the screen changes to the corresponding size.

3

Style.

4

Size increase/decrease.

 

When you click the button:

The text:

 

Decrease Font Size

Decreases in size.

 

Increase Font Size

Increases in size.

More information

Text objects